Dr. Dimitrij RUPEL Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana
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| 1966-1967 | Spent a year at the University of Essex in Great Britain |
| 1970 | Graduated in comparative literature and sociology at the University of Ljubljana |
| 1971-1972 | Studied at Brandeis University in Boston, USA, where he received a Ph.D. in sociology. During this time his literary, journalistic and critical writings were finding publishers. He also worked as a translator and editor. Due to political difficulties, he was not allowed to lecture at the University of Ljubljana and was unable to advance his career. |
| 1977-1978 | Lecturer at Queen's University in Canada |
| 1985 | Lecturer at the New School for Social Research in New York |
| 1989 | Lecturer at Cleveland State University |
| In the 1980s he joined other writers and intellectuals in initiating and editing the 'alternative' Nova Revija that published the 'Slovenian National Programme' in 1987 and confronted the communist authorities of the time. Dimitrij Rupel and his associates founded and led the Slovene Democratic Alliance, which in 1990 prior to the first democratic election formed an alliance with other anti-communist parties to form DEMOS (Democratic Opposition of Slovenia). DEMOS won the first election and Mr. Rupel became the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of independent Slovenia in the first Slovenian democratic government. In this role he fundamentally contributed to the international acclamation of the new country. | |
| 1989-1990 | President of Slovenian Democratic Alliance |
| 1990-1993 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1992 | Professor at the University of Ljubljana |
| 1992-1995 | Member of the National Assembly (Parliament) |
| 1994-1997 | Mayor of Ljubljana |
| 1997-2000 | Slovenian Ambassador to the USA |
| since 2000 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2005 | Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) |
| 2008 | President of the EU General Affairs and External relations Council (GAERC) |
Mitgliedschaften
| Member of many Slovenian and international associations such as PEN, AAASS, the Slovenian Writers' Association, and the Slovenian Sociological Association |
Publikationen
| In recent years he has had several articles on international relations and foreign policy published. He also published several books on sociology, history, international relations and personal memoirs, the most recent being: | |
| Slovenian Path to Independence and Recognition, 1992 | |
| Secret of State, 1992 | |
| Disenchanted Slovenia, 1993 | |
| Time of Politics, 1994 | |
| Unity, Happiness, Reconciliation, 1996 | |
| Freedom Against State, 1998 | |
| Meetings and Partings, 2001 | |
| Taking Over the Success Story, 2004 |
