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Encyclopedia > Andrej Bajuk

Andrej Bajuk is a Slovenian domobran.


Bajuk was born on 18 October 1943 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. His family escaped from the country at the beginning of May 1945. They spent nearly three years in refugee camps in Lower and Upper Austria, and then left for Argentina, where they settled in Mendoza. Bajuk grew up, studied and started a family in Mendoza. October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Tromostovje (Tromostovje) and Franciscan church (Frančiškanska cerkev) in baroque style in the back Ljubljana (IPA ), German Laibach (), Italian Lubiana () is the capital of Slovenia, situated on the outfall of the river Ljubljanica into the Sava, in central Slovenia, between the Alps and the Mediterranean. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... General San Martín Park in Mendoza. ...


Bajuk received his first degree in economics in Mendoza from the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. In a two-year international study programme organised by the University of Chicago he received his first Master's degree, receiving the second jointly with his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He returned to Mendoza, where he taught as a professor at the university. He soon left for Washington D.C., working for the World Bank for a year. He then switched to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), where he stayed for a number of years. He held a range of positions at the IDB, from economist in charge of analysing social projects to adviser to the executive vice-president. For his last six years in Washington he was in charge of the office of the Presidency of the bank and a member of the board of executive directors of the bank. From September 1994 he was IDB representative for Europe in Paris. The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois. ... University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UCB, UC Berkeley, The University of California, California, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated east of the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, California, overlooking the Golden Gate. ... General San Martín Park in Mendoza. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means... The Inter-American Development Bank, was established in 1959 to support Latin American and Caribbean economic/social development and regional integration by lending mainly to public institutions. ... Europe forms the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...


Since the second half of 1999 Bajuk has spent a considerable amount of time in Slovenia and, following the coalition agreement between the Slovenian Christian Democrats (SKD) and the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), assumed leadership of the expert council developing the coalition's alternative government programme. At the unification congress of the SKD and Slovene People's Party (SLS) he was elected deputy president of the unified party. 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS — Slovenian: Slovenska demokratska stranka), previously the Social Democratic Party of Slovenia (Slovenian: Socialdemokratska stranka Slovenije) is a political party in Slovenia. ... The Slovene Peoples Party (Slovenian: Slovenska ljudska stranka) is a political party in Slovenia. ...


On 3 May 2000, Andrej Bajuk became the Prime Minister and led the government until 16 November 2000. In July 2000, the SLS+SKD - contrary to previously agreed policy and government stance - voted in favour of a parliamentary motion that would enact proportional representation electoral system. This led Prime Minister Bajuk to quit the SLS+SKD party and in August 2000, he and his supporters, founded a new political party called New Slovenia - Christian People's Party (Nova Slovenija - Krščanska ljudska stranka, NSi, the modern form of well-known quisling movement Domobranci). May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A prime minister may be either: chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives of... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A prime minister may be either: chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives of... New Slovenia Christian Peoples Party (Slovenian Nova Slovenija Krščanska ljudska stranka) is a right-of-centre political party in Slovenia. ... The Christian Democratic Party of Norway (Kristelig Folkeparti or KrF, litteraly Christian Peoples Party), is a Norwegian political party founded in 1933. ...


He speaks English, French and Spanish. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


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Andrej Bajuk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (402 words)
Andrej Bajuk is a Slovenian politician and businessman.
Bajuk was born on 18 October 1943 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
On 3 May 2000, Andrej Bajuk became the Prime Minister and led the government until 16 November 2000.
2000/05/17 22:46 Decisive Women's Votes (1125 words)
During the election of Andrej Bajuk, new Prime Minister designate of the Slovenian Government, two votes have tipped the scales; both belong to the women's delegate lobby.
Andrej Bajuk was born in 1943 in Ljubljana.
Bajuk got his first degree in Mendosa and won his master's degree in economy at the University of Chicago and his second master's and doctor's degree at Berkley University in California.
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