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His Excellency
Robert Golob
Golob in 2024
Prime Minister of Slovenia
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 June 2022
PresidentBorut Pahor
Nataša Pirc Musar
DeputyKlemen Boštjančič
Tanja Fajon
Luka Mesec
Preceded byJanez Janša
Leader of the Freedom Movement Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 January 2022
DeputyUrška Klakočar Zupančič
Preceded byJure Leben
Personal details
Born (1967-01-23) 23 January 1967 (age 58)
Šempeter pri Gorici, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyFreedom Movement (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (1999–2002)[1]
Positive Slovenia (2011–2014)
Party of Alenka Bratušek (2014–2022)
SpouseJana Nemec Golob
Children3
EducationUniversity of Ljubljana
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Robert Golob (born 23 January 1967)[2] is a Slovenian businessman and politician, serving as Prime Minister of Slovenia and leader of the Freedom Movement since 2022.[3]

Early life and education

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Golob obtained his PhD in electrical engineering at the University of Ljubljana in 1994 and continued his studies as a post-doctoral Fulbright scholar in the United States, at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.[4][5]

Business career

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In 2004, Golob co-founded an energy trading company GEN-I,[6][7] which is state-controlled,[8][9] and where he remained chairman until 2021.[10]

Political career

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Between May 1999 and June 2000, Golob was the State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the government led by prime minister Janez Drnovšek of the LDS party. In 2002, he was elected to the City Council of Nova Gorica, a position he held until 2022.[11] In 2011, Golob joined the Positive Slovenia party, founded by the mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković.[12] In 2013–14, with the rising tensions within the party between its founder and chairman Zoran Janković and Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek, Golob played a mediating role between the two factions.[13] In May 2014, after the final split between the two factions, he joined the breakaway Party of Alenka Bratušek (SAB), becoming one of its vice-presidents.[14] After SAB's poor performance in the subsequent 2014 election, he moved away from national-level politics, remaining active only at the local level in his municipality of Nova Gorica. Among other engagements, he chaired the neighborhood assembly of Kromberk-Loke between 2010 and 2014, and remained member until 2022.[15]

In 2021, Golob decided to once again take an active role in national politics, after his mandate as chairman of GEN-I had not been extended.

Prime Minister (2022–present)

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See also: 15th Government of Slovenia

In January 2022, Golob took over the small extra-parliamentary Green Actions Party and renamed it to Freedom Movement.[16] On 24 April 2022, in the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election, the Freedom Movement won 41 seats in the 90-seat National Assembly.[17]

Golob formed the government by joining forces with Social Democrats, another centre-left party, and The Left, giving him a majority in the legislature.[18] On 25 May 2022, Golob was appointed Prime Minister of Slovenia by the National Assembly.[3]

Golob criticized Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war.[19] In May 2024, he announced that his government would recognize the Palestinian state.[20]

Personal life

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Golob was married to Jana Nemec Golob for over thirty years. They have three children together.[21] Since autumn 2022, he has been living with Tina Gaber, a former model, in Ljubljana.[22][23]

References

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  1. ^ "Kdo je bodoči voditelj naše države Robert Golob". Svet24 (in Slovenian). Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. ^ "CONOR.SI – normativna datoteka osebnih in korporativnih imen :: COBISS+". plus.cobiss.net (in Slovenian). IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti Maribor. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Robert Golob elected prime minister". sta.si. The Slovenian Press Agency (STA). 25 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Assoc. Prof. Robert Golob, PhD. President of Management Board, GEN-I d.o.o." University of Ljubljana Faculty of Engineering. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Preskočil razred, skočil na čelo države". Primorske novice. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  6. ^ "prof. dr. Robert Golob". Laboratorij za energetske strategije.
  7. ^ "Dr Robert Golob - Chairman GEN-I". Business Investor Guide.
  8. ^ "Kandidata za zamenjavo Goloba zavrnjena". www.delo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Dogajanje v Gen-I blizu vrelišču: lastniki v nov poskus imenovanja uprave". N1 (in Slovenian). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Vsak dan prvi - 24ur.com". www.24ur.com.
  11. ^ "Ekipa". listarobertagoloba.si. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Janković za N1: Robertu Golobu sem pripravljen odstopiti Pozitivno Slovenijo". 9 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Pozitivna Slovenija: Začasno premirje". 4 October 2013.
  14. ^ "Poslovno poročilo – stranka Zavezništvo Alenke Bratušek za leto 2014" (PDF) (in Slovenian). April 2022.
  15. ^ "Kromberk - Loke - Krajevne skupnosti - O mestni občini".
  16. ^ "Robert Golob elected new head of renamed green party". The Slovenia Times. 26 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Po 99 odstotkih preštetih glasov zmaga Gibanja Svoboda, v DZ-ju le pet strank". RTVSLO.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Janez Janša suffers heavy defeat as newcomer party wins Slovenian election". POLITICO. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Slovenia to recognise Palestinian state by mid-June". Reuters. 9 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Slovenia to Recognize Palestinian State, Premier Golob Says". Bloomberg. 9 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Veste, kdo je žena Roberta Goloba? Našli smo njeno fotografijo". www.slovenskenovice.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  22. ^ "Robert Golob: Trenutno s Tino Gaber ne načrtujeva poroke". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  23. ^ "Premier Golob ekskluzivno v oddaji Preverjeno: S Tino in otroki živimo skupaj". www.24ur.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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Party political offices
Preceded by
Jure Leben
 Leader of the Freedom Movement Party
2022–present 		Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Slovenia
2022–present 		Incumbent
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