Jelko Kacin (born 26 November 1955) is a Slovenian politician.

Biography

During the

Slovenian Independence War The Ten-Day War (), or the Slovenian War of Independence (), was a brief armed conflict that followed Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991. It was fought between the Slovenian Territorial Defence together wi ...

, he was the Secretary of Information of Slovenia. He founded the

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on 3 June 1991 and the war (also called the Ten-Day War) started on 27 June 1991. He is the former president of the

Liberal Democracy of Slovenia Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (, LDS) is a social-liberal political party in Slovenia. Between 1992 and 2004, it (and its main predecessor, the Liberal Democratic Party) was the largest (and ruling) party in the country. In the 2011 Slovenian pa ...

and member of the bureau of the

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE; , ADLE) was a transnational alliance between two European political parties, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and the European Democratic Party. ALDE had political ...

, who sat on the

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's Committee on Foreign Affairs. A former

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, Kacin was also a substitute for the

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, vice-chair of the delegation to the EU–

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Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, a substitute for the delegation to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia–EU Joint Parliamentary Committee, and for the delegations for relations with

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, the

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, and the countries of south-east Europe.

Career

* 1980: Defence studies graduate,

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

* 1980: Trainee in the Municipality of

Kranj Kranj (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, fourth-largest city in Slovenia and the largest urban center of the traditional region of Upper Carniola (northwestern Slovenia) and the Slovene Alps. It is located approximately northwest o ...

* 1981: Adviser on defence preparations in the Municipality of Kranj * 1984: Adviser on defence training in the Municipality of Kranj * 1988: Head of the municipal civil protection unit * 1990: Deputy Republican Defence Secretary * 1991: Republican Secretary/Minister for Information * 1993: Defence Minister * 1993: Marketing division, Adria Karavan, Novo mesto * 1996: Member of the LDS council * 1996: Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee * 1996: Member of the Defence Committee and the Constitutional Commission * 2000: Member of the Slovenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; , CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergovernmental organisation, represe ...

* 2000: Member of the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee * 2000: Head of the national delegation to the IPU * 2000: Member of the

National Assembly of Slovenia The National Assembly (, or ; short form ''državni zbor'') is the Representative democracy, general representative body of Slovenia. According to the Constitution of Slovenia and the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, it is the major part of t ...

* 2000: Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee * 2000: Member of the Defence Committee and the European Affairs Commission * 2002: Member of Kranj

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(1998) * 2003: Observer in the European Parliament * 2003: Member of the Convention on the Future of Europe * 2003: Chairman of the LDS regional committee for Gorenjska * 2003: Chairman of the Kranj committee of the LDS * 2004: Member of the ALDE Bureau * 2005: President of LDS

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* * 1955 births Living people Politicians from Celje Slovenian Democratic Union politicians Liberal Democracy of Slovenia politicians University of Ljubljana alumni Defence ministers of Slovenia Liberal Democracy of Slovenia MEPs MEPs for Slovenia 2004–2009 MEPs for Slovenia 2009–2014 Democratic Party of Slovenia politicians Slovenian people of Croatian descent {{Slovenia-MEP-stub