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Janez Janša

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Ivan Janša ([ˈíːʋan ˈjàːnʃa]; born 17 September 1958), better known as Janez Janša ([ˈjàːnɛs]), is a Slovenian politician who served three times as a prime minister of Slovenia, a position he had held from 2004 to 2008, from 2012 to 2013, and from 2020 to 2022. Since 1993, Janša has led the Slovenian Democratic Party, which has emerged as the pre-eminent Slovenian conservative party. Janša lost his fourth bid for prime minister in April 2022, his party was defeated by the Freedom Movement party. Janša served as a minister of defence from 1990 to 1994, a post he had also held during the Slovenian War of Independence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janez Janša is the 4,973rd most popular politician (down from 4,794th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Slovenia and the 9th most popular Slovene Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Janez Janša ranks 4,973 out of 19,576Before him are Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Francis, Duke of Teck, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Alben W. Barkley, Maria of Montferrat, and Niklot. After him are Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Beatrice of Swabia, Hastings Banda, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, and Amalia of Oldenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Janez Janša ranks 51Before him are Tzipi Livni, Chris Columbus, Robert Patrick, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, Gian Piero Gasperini, and Tom Lister Jr.. After him are Ellen DeGeneres, Jean-Marc Aveline, Scott Hall, Quique Setién, Adrian Newey, and Madeleine Stowe.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Janez Janša ranks 23 out of 340Before him are Ivan Cankar (1876), Jernej Kopitar (1780), Carlos, Duke of Madrid (1848), Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827), Nataša Pirc Musar (1968), and Danilo Türk (1952). After him are Aleksander Čeferin (1967), Franc Rode (1934), Antonio Abetti (1846), Nino Benvenuti (1938), Jacobus Gallus (1550), and Branko Oblak (1947).

Among POLITICIANS In Slovenia

Among politicians born in Slovenia, Janez Janša ranks 9Before him are Milan Kučan (1941), Janez Drnovšek (1950), Edvard Kardelj (1910), Borut Pahor (1963), Nataša Pirc Musar (1968), and Danilo Türk (1952). After him are Aleksander Čeferin (1967), Hermann II, Count of Celje (1361), Anton Korošec (1872), Robert Golob (1967), Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (1929), and Miro Cerar (1963).