Tone Peršak (born 7 January 1947) is a Slovene writer, politician, theatre director and journalist. He was elected to the first

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in 1992. He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association for one term between 2001 and 2003. Peršak was born in 1947 in Ločki Vrh in eastern

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. After attending secondary school in

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and obtained a degree from the

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and a degree in theatre and radio directing from the Ljubljana

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. In 1992 he was elected to the

on the

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platform. He participated in various commissions including European affairs, infrastructure and environment, culture-education-sport, and others. He was also president of the Slovene centre of

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. He has been mayor of Trzin since 1999.Trzin municipality site

Published works

* ''Novelete'' (1981) * ''Prehod'' (1982) * ''Sledi'' (1985) * ''Vrh'' (1986) * ''Smer Hamburg-Altona'' (1988) * ''Ljubljanske novele'' (1989)

References

Slovenian writers Living people 1947 births Presidents of the Slovene Writers' Association University of Ljubljana alumni Members of the National Assembly (Slovenia) Democratic Party of Slovenia politicians People from the Municipality of Benedikt Culture ministers of Slovenia {{slovenia-mayor-stub