Rajko Pirnat (born March 24, 1951, in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian politician, lawyer and academic.

Rajko Pirnat
Born (1951-03-24) March 24, 1951 (age 73)
NationalitySlovenian
Occupation(s)Politician, lawyer, law professor

The breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1980s led to the creation of several new states, among them Slovenia. From May 16, 1990, to May 14, 1992, Pirnat was the Minister of Justice for Slovenia as a member of the Slovenian Democratic Union. In that role, he introduced a denationalization act to undo some of the damage caused by unjust post-war expropriations from 1945 to 1963.[1][2] When his party split, he led the new center-right National Democratic Party, but it fared very poorly in the 1992 Slovenian presidential and parliamentary elections.[3]

He is a law professor at the University of Ljubljana[4] and a former dean of its faculty of law.[5] On March 23, 2005, he was appointed to the Joint Supervisory Board of Eurojust as Slovenia's representative and served as its chair from January to June 2008;[6] he was still a member as of 2013.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "27. 2. 1991: The persistently looming red star". Republic of Slovenia. February 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Bazyler, Michael J.; Boyd, Kathryn Lee; Nelson, Kristen L.; Shah, Rajika L. (January 24, 2019). Searching for Justice After the Holocaust: Fulfilling the Terezin Declaration and Immovable Property Restitution, Chapter Thirty-Nine: Slovenia. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190923099.
  3. ^ Vasovic-Mekina, Svetlana (December 14, 1992). "Elections In Slovenia". Vreme News Digest Agency.
  4. ^ "Teachers and Researchers Employed at the Faculty of Law". University of Ljubljana.
  5. ^ "The Constitutional Court Celebrates the Constitutionality Day". Constitutional Court of Slovenia. December 17, 2010.
  6. ^ "Activity Report of the Joint Supervisory Body of Eurojust for the year 2007" (PDF). Council of the European Union. September 8, 2008.
  7. ^ "Activity Report of the Joint Supervisory Body of Eurojust for the year 2013". Council of the European Union. July 8, 2014.