Simon Maljevac

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Simon Maljevac
Maljevac in January 2023
Minister of Solidarity-Based Future
Assumed office
24 January 2023
Prime MinisterRobert Golob
Personal details
Born (1981-02-26) 26 February 1981 (age 43)
Postojna, Yugoslavia
Political partyThe Left
Alma materUniversity of Ljubljana

Simon Maljevac (born 26 February 1981) is a Slovenian LGBT rights activist, politician and current Minister of Solidarity-Based Future of Slovenia. He was the general-secretary of The Left from 2018 to 2022

Early life[edit]

Maljevac was born 26 February 1981 in Postojna.[1][2] He has a degree in sociology from the University of Ljubljana (2012).[1] Maljevac is homosexual.[3][4]

Career[edit]

Maljevac worked for communications engineering agency Directa and Legebitra, a LGBT NGO.[1] During his tenure as head of Legebitra from 2007 to 2017 the organisation became the largest LGBT group in Slovenia.[1][5] He was the Slovenian representative in the EU Network group of ILGA-Europe in 2006 and president of IGLYO from 2007 to 2009.[1][6] He and Nika Kovač founded the Inštitut 8. marec in 2016.[3][4] He was head of the monitoring, awareness-raising and prevention department at the Advocate of the Principle of Equality (Zagovornik načela enakosti) from 2017 to 2018.[1] He has also worked with the Ministry of Health, The Peace Institute, and the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities on several projects.[1] Maljevac was also editor-in-chief of the Narobe magazine.[1][3] He has also been an academic and co-authored several scientific papers.[1]

Maljevac was one of the leading members of the "Čas je ZA" group which campaigned for a yes vote during the unsuccessful 2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum.[3][7] After the referendum he joined The Left as he claimed that it was the only party that fully supported amending the Family Code.[3][4] He was the general-secretary of The Left from 2018 to 2022.[1][8] At the 2018 Slovenian parliamentary election Maljevac was a The Left candidate in Kranj but was not elected.[9] At the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election he was a The Left candidate in Celje but was again not elected.[10]

Following the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election The Left became a junior partner in the government of Prime Minister Robert Golob. Maljevac was a candidate to be Minister of Labor, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities but the post was instead given to Luka Mesec.[6][11] It had been intended that Mesec would head the newly created Ministry for a Solidary Future but this was abandoned after the far-right Slovenian Democratic Party threatened to submit the creation of the new ministry to a national referendum.[12] Maljevac was instead appointed State Secretary with responsibility for equal opportunities, family, disabled persons, older people and deinstitutionalisation at the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.[1][13] In January 2023 he was promoted to Minister of Solidarity-Based Future of Slovenia.[14][15]

Personal life[edit]

Maljevac lives with his partner, academic Roman Kuhar, in Šenčur.[3][4]

Electoral history[edit]

Electoral history of Simon Maljevac
Election Constituency Electoral District Party Votes Result
2018 parliamentary[9] Kranj Kranj 2 The Left 1,141 Not elected
2022 parliamentary[10] Celje Celje 2 The Left 814 Not elected

Works[edit]

  • ——; Kuhar, Roman; Šalamon, Neža Kogovšek & Humer, Živa (2011). Obrazi homofobije [The Faces of Homophobia] (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia: Mirovni inštitut. ISBN 978-961-6455-66-4.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Simon Maljevac - Minister of Solidarity-Based Future". Government of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Predstavitev kandidatov 2018" (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia: The Left. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Trampuš, Jure (20 May 2022). "Prvi minister, ki je odkrito gej". Mladina (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "Slovenija bo dobila prvega ODKRITEGA gej ministra". Metro Novice (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ^ Weiss, Monika (3 March 2023). "Simon Maljevac / »Najem stanovanja je čisto legitimna izbira in nikakor ne pomeni, da si kaj manj dosegel v življenju, če ga nimaš v lasti«". Mladina (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Kandidata Levice za ministra za kulturo in delo sta Asta Vrečko in Simon Maljevac". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia. Slovenian Press Agency. 17 May 2022. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  7. ^ Kuhar, Roman (11 March 2016). "Nika Kovač in Simon Maljevac: Bil je čas ZA". Narobe (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  8. ^ Eržen, Barbara; Kos, Suzana (15 July 2022). "Levica prva v vrsti menjav generalnih sekretarjev". Delo (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Early election to the National Assembly 2018: Election Results - By Electoral Districts". Ljubljana, Slovenia: State Election Commission. Archived from the original on 3 December 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Election to the National Assembly 2022: Election Results - By Electoral Districts". Ljubljana, Slovenia: State Election Commission. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Zadnji ministrski kandidati so Asta Vrečko, Simon Maljevac (oba Levica) in Irena Šinko (GS)". Multimedijski center RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia: Radiotelevizija Slovenija. 17 May 2022. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Svet Levice potrdil: Kandidat za ministra za solidarno prihodnost je Maljevac". Multimedijski center RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia: Radiotelevizija Slovenija. 2 December 2022. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Po napadu na Niko Kovač: policija razkrila več informacij #video". Siol (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia: TSmedia. 26 October 2022. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  14. ^ Bešter, Saša (18 November 2023). "Minister za solidarno prihodnost Simon Maljevac: »Slovenci smo solidarni!«". Domžalske novice (in Slovenian). Domžale, Slovenia. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  15. ^ "DZ s 55 glasovi potrdil listo ministrskih kandidatov". Multimedijski center RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia: Radiotelevizija Slovenija. 24 January 2023. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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