Andreja Katič (born December 22, 1969, in Slovenj Gradec) is the minister of justice of the Republic of Slovenia in 2024.
Andreja Katič | |
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Minister of Justice | |
Assumed office 5 March 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Robert Golob |
Preceded by | Dominika Švarc Pipan |
In office 13 September 2018 – 13 March 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Marjan Šarec |
Preceded by | Goran Klemenčič |
Succeeded by | Lilijana Kozlovič |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 13 May 2015 – 13 September 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Miro Cerar |
Preceded by | Janko Veber |
Succeeded by | Karl Erjavec |
Personal details | |
Born | Slovenj Gradec, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) | 22 December 1969
Political party | Social Democrats |
Alma mater | University of Maribor |
Katič graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Maribor in 1996.[1][2]
Katič entered politics in 2014, serving as a member of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development for one year.[3]
She then served as defence minister from 2015 to 2018. On February 3, 2016 she approved the deployment of Slovenian troops in the Kurdish city of Erbil (Iraq), as part of international Military intervention against ISIL.[4]
She served as minister of justice from September 2018 to March 2020 under Prime Minister Marjan Šarec. In March 2024 she was again appointed as the minister of justice of the RS.[1]
After her first term as minister of justice, she became president of the SAŠA Regional Development Council in 2020;[5] she is also the chair of the Women’s Forum and children's rights commissioner for Unicef’s Velenje project.
References
edit- ^ a b Slovenia Times website, Andreja Katič returns as justice minister, article dated March 5, 2024
- ^ Republic of Slovenia website, Minister of Defence (archived)
- ^ Parliamentary Assembly website,Ms Andreja Katič (Slovenia, SOC)
- ^ MMC RTVSLO (3 February 2016). "Slovenia sending troops to Iraq".
- ^ Slovenia Government website, Andreja Katič