JANEZ PODOBNIK – CURRICULUM VITAE
BASIC INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 17 September 1959
Citizenship: Slovene
Education: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana
PROFESSONAL CAREER
1985-1990 – doctor at the ambulance stations in Cerkno and Idrija
1990-1992 – mayor of Idrija
1992-1996 – member of the first National Assembly of the Republic o Slovenia
1994 -1998 – mayor of Cerkno
1996-2000 – President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia
2000-2004 – member of the third National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia
2000-2004 – Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe
2002-2004 – Observer in the European Parliament for the Republic of Slovenia
2004 – Member of the European Parliament
2004-2008 – Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning in the Government of the Republic of Slovenia
First half of 2008 – President of the European Council of European environment ministers during Slovenia's presidency of the European Council
April 2009 to present – Director of the ECPD International Institute for Sustainable Development, Urban Planning and Environmental Studies in Ljubljana
March 2012 to present - Acting Director General of the International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE)
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