1. Milan Zver was born on 25 May 1962 and is a Slovenian politician and Member of the European Parliament from Slovenia.
15 Facts About Milan Zver
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Milan Zver is a member of the Slovenian Democratic Party, part of the European People's Party.
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Milan Zver is the Vice-President of the Slovenian Democratic Party.
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Milan Zver served as Minister of Education and Sports from 2004 to 2008.
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Milan Zver is a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group.
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Milan Zver graduated in 1987 and continued his studies at the University of Graz under the supervision of the scholar Horst Haselsteiner.
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Milan Zver obtained his MA in 1990, but in 1992 he left the research work at the university and decided to undertake public service in Slovenia instead.
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In 1998, Milan Zver obtained his PhD at the University of Ljubljana under the supervision of historian Janko Prunk.
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Milan Zver has written several articles and monographs in political analysis and history of political thought.
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Milan Zver left the Parliament shortly afterward in order to serve as the Minister of Education and Sports in the centre-right government led by Janez Jansa.
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The official inauguration took place on 28 June 2018 in Brussels, where President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament Manfred Weber, President of Slovenia Borut Pahor, President of Slovenian Democratic Party Janez Jansa and initiator Milan Zver were among the honorary speakers.
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The list obtained the highest procentage of votes in Slovenia, while Milan Zver received the highest number of preferential votes in the country, resulting in the election to the European Parliament.
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Milan Zver has been member of several executive bodies of the Slovenian Democratic Party since 1992, at first as an adviser and subsequently as a member.
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Milan Zver has been active on the international political scene, mostly within the European People's Party and in conservative think tanks such as the International Republican Institute and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
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Milan Zver is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.