Natasa Pirc Musar, 54, will be the first woman to serve as president since Slovenia became independent amid the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991
Liberal rights advocate Natasa Pirc Musar won a runoff Sunday to become Slovenia’s first female head of state, and said her first task would be to bridge a deep left-right divide in the Alpine nation of 2 million.
“My first task will be to open a dialogue among all Slovenians,” she said as her election team celebrated. Pirc Musar, 54, will be the first woman to serve as president since Slovenia became independent amid the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. A prominent lawyer, Pirc Musar had represented former U.S. first lady Melania Trump in copyright and other cases in her native Slovenia.But since none of the seven contenders who competed in the first round managed to gather more than 50% of the ballots to claim outright victory, Logar and Pirc Musar went forward to a runoff.
While the presidency is largely ceremonial in Slovenia, the head of state still is seen as a person of authority. Presidents nominate prime ministers and members of the constitutional court, who are then elected in parliament, and appoints members of the anti-corruption commission.
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