Igor Šoltes

Igor Šoltes (born August 22, 1964) is a Slovenian lawyer and politician.

Igor Šoltes

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Slovenia
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Personal details
Born (1964-08-22) August 22, 1964
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
Political partyVerjamem
Alma materUniversity of Ljubljana
WebsiteOfficial website

Career

Šoltes served as the President of the Court of Auditors of Slovenia from 2004 to 2013.[1] In 2008, he received his PhD at the Faculty of Social Studies at the University of Ljubljana.[1] In January 2014, Šoltes was seen as a possible candidate for minister of health;[1] however, he decided to refuse the offer from Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek due to lack of political support in the coalition.[2]

Before the 2014 European Parliament election, Šoltes formed a ticket named Verjamem (meaning "I believe" in Slovene)[3] which won 10.45% of the vote, securing one seat in the European Parliament (for Šoltes).[4] Following the election, Šoltes announced a plan to transform the ticket into a full political party at a congress that would take place on 4 June 2014[5] in order for the party to enter the parliamentary election in July 2014. After receiving 6,800 votes in the parliamentary election, he resigned as president of Verjamem.[6]

Personal life

Šoltes is the grandson of the late Yugoslav politician and economist Edvard Kardelj.[1][7]

gollark: "Big laser weapons on spaceships" probably could exist, I guess. Though they probably wouldn't really look like that.
gollark: What do they actually *do*, though?
gollark: Can you be more specific? IIRC Star Trek phasers did a gazillion random things depending on plot convenience.
gollark: I'm hoping there's some comparatively cheap way to at least mitigate the climatic issues, because otherwise it seems unlikely that (without massive societal change of some kind) much will be done.
gollark: In practice I think the fuel is unlikely to run out, given the multitude of ways to increase uranium use efficiency which aren't economical right now.

See also
  • List of members of the European Parliament for Slovenia, 2014–19

References
  1. "Igor Šoltes verjetno novi minister za zdravje". Delo.si. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  2. "Bratuškova o odločitvi Šoltesa: Na žalost je še vedno bolj pomembno, da si naš, kot pa, da nekaj znaš | Dnevnik". Dnevnik.si. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  3. Haughton, Tim; Alenka Krasovec (2014-05-23). "Are European elections ever about Europe?". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  4. "EU volitve 2014 / 18". Delo.si. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  5. "V sredo bo nastala še Šoltesova stranka Verjamem : Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija". Rtvslo.si. 2014-05-26. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  6. SiOL.net - Igor Šoltes ne verjame več v Verjamem
  7. 19.01.2001 (2001-01-19). "Revizor, ki igra odvetnikom". Finance.si. Retrieved 2014-06-02.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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