Prof.dr. Boris Cizelj
CURRICULUM VITAE - BRIEF
Born: 4 June 1942
Nationality: Slovenian
Education: BA (1966) - Uni of Ljubljana, Dept. of Economics, and Dept. of Political Science; MSc (1970) - Institute of Social Studies, Den Haag, Netherlands; PhD (1980) – University of Belgrade.
Professional career:
1966-1973 - Assistant Professor, International Economic Relations University of Ljubljana - Department of Social Sciences;
1973-1980 - Deputy Director and 1980-1987 Director of the Centre for International Cooperation and Development (CICD), Ljubljana;
1987-1991 - Yugoslav Ambassador to Australia;
1991-1992 - Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Head of EU Department;
1992-1998 - Slovenian Ambassador to European Union, NATO and WEU;
1998-1999 Deputy Head of Slovenian Core Negotiating Team with EU;
since May 1999 Board Chairman of Slovenian Business and Research Association, SBRA, Brussels,
since June 2006 - Dean of DOBA Business School Maribor, Slovenia.
Extra-career activities:
Since 2000 – President of NIROC Network, Brussels
Since 2005 – Chairman RIBN Network, Brussels
Since 2005 - Board member, European Institute of Industrial Leadership, EIIL, Brussels
Since 2006 – Chair, European Regional Economic Forum, EREF, Nova Gorica/Brussels
Since 2007 – Chairman Executive Committee, European Center for Peace and Development, ECPD,Belgrade
Work experience: teaching, research and research management, publishing, communication, public affairs and lobbying.
Languages: English, French, Serbo-Croatian; partly German and Italian.
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