- Anton Rop
Anton Rop (born
27 December ,1960 ) is aSlovenia n politician. He is currently a member of theNational Assembly of Slovenia . He was the fourthPrime Minister of Slovenia , from 2002 to 2004. Until 2005 he was also the president of the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije - LDS), the legal successor of the Slovenian Association of Socialist Youth. On March 20, 2007, he left the party and joined the Social Democrats.Rop was born in
Ljubljana . He graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana in1984 . In 1991, he was admitted to themaster's degree ineconomics , with a thesis on state expenditure andeconomic growth . From 1985 to 1992 he was Assistant Director of the Slovenian Institute for Macroeconomic Analysis and Development, where he also headedworking group s for the projects of fiscal informatics andinvestments ineconomic infrastructure and tackled Slovenia's developmental problems. He has written numerous articles aboutinvestment ,market andhousing topics. In his capacity as assistant director of the Institute and advisor to the government he started working in the field ofprivatisation andlegislation as early as 1992.In 1993 he was appointed State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Relations and Development, charged with privatisation and regional development. He managed system solutions in ownership transformation and the privatisation process in Slovenia. Between 1996 and 2000 he held the office of Minister of Labour, Family and Social Affairs.
Following
election s to theNational Assembly at the end of 2000 he was appointedminister of finance . He performed this function until December 19, 2002 when he was electedprime minister . He came into conflict with PresidentJanez Drnovšek , though they are from the same party. His government lost the October 2004 elections, and he relinquished the post of Prime Minister onNovember 9 2004 whenJanez Janša was elected.External links
* [http://www.upv-rs.si/index_eng.php Official Website to The Prime Minister of the Slovenia Republic]
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