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= Alja Brglez = Alja Brglez, born on August 19, 1965, she is a historian, researcher, publicist, and author She holds a Ph.D. in Historical Anthropology, a M.S. in History, and an M.A. in Business Management (MBA). She is a research associate at the Faculty of AMEU, Alma mater Europaea and ECM European Center Maribor, and a former long-time director and research associate of the ICK - Institute of Civilization and Culture and the Faculty of the ISH Institutum studiorum humanitatis. During her time as head of the ICK Institute, she was awarded the title of "Global Leader for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2003 and "Young Global Leader" in 2005.

She is a member of the ECFR - European Council of Foreign Relations and an ambassador of the European Women's Handball Championship 2022 in Slovenia.

Alja Brglez has been the Head of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, since 2013.

She has been working with President Pahor since 2012, when he invited her to the headquarters for the election of the President of the Republic - when Borut Pahor was elected on 2.12.2012 and then sworn in as President of the Republic on 23.12.2012, she became the Head of his Cabinet. This remained the case even after President Pahor's re-election victory in the presidential elections on 12.11.2017 and continues to do so today. During this time, she also worked as an advisor to the President of the Republic for international relations for two years (June 2017 - August 2019). As Head of Cabinet, he manages and monitors all areas of activity of the President of the Republic, and independently works mainly on the following topics: national reconciliation and reconciliation, consultations with the President of the Republic (Slovenia 2030 in his first term of office), climate future. She is the Secretary of the Permanent Advisory Committee on Climate Policy to the President of the Republic and the Commission for State Decorations to the President of the Republic, and the Vice-Chair of the Coordination Committee for State Celebrations and Events.

In high school, she was involved in sports and worked as a trainee at Radio Student (1981/1982). During her studies, she was a member of the presidency of the UK ZSMS from 1988 to 1990. This was a time of significant social changes on the path to Slovenia's independence. Together with the president of the UK ZSMS, Gorazd Drevenšek, Alja Brglez became involved in the work of the Committee for the Protection of Human Rights, established in June 1988. In July 1988, as a UK delegate, she participated in the elections for the president of the RK ZSMS, in which Jožef Školč received more votes than the then-imprisoned Janez Janša. She also helped organize two gatherings at Congress Square, the first in June 1988 and the second, the most resonant, on May 8, 1989. In the UK ZSMS, she was responsible for the field of media and culture and supported the establishment of the magazine Demokracija in early 1989 with financial resources. The magazine began publishing as an attachment to Gorenjski Glas on April 21, 1989, as the first independent newspaper behind the Iron Curtain.

After completing her studies, she first prepared her master's degree in Ljubljana as a young researcher and then as a DAAD scholar in Germany (Göttingen, Münster, Berlin). In 1994, she received her master's degree from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana with a thesis titled "Vicedomske knjige piranskega arhiva" ("The Vicedom's Books of the Piran Archive"). Additionally, in 1992, she completed postgraduate studies in business management at IEDC Bled, earning an MBA. In 2001, she earned her doctorate with a dissertation titled "Material Heritage and Culture of the City: The Case of Piran 1579-1609."

From March 1999 to January 2003, she was the director of the Government Office for Information of the Republic of Slovenia and during this time also served as the head of the Prime Minister's Office for one year under Dr. Janez Drnovšek. In 2002, on her initiative, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia established the Council of the Republic of Slovenia for Promotion, and she became its president, with members including Jure Apih, Mitja Meršol, Janez Pergar, Dimitrij Rupel, and others. From 1999 to 2003, she was the president of the National Council for EXPO. During the preparation for the referendums for Slovenia's entry into the EU and NATO, held in March 2003, she led the information and communication campaign. She was in charge of communication preparations and the execution of visits by US President Bill Clinton to Slovenia in June 1999, Pope John Paul II to Slovenia in September 1999, the first meeting of Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and George Bush in Slovenia in June 2001, the meeting of 16 Central European Presidents in June 2002, and other significant state and official events of that time.

When Dr. Janez Drnovšek was elected president of the republic and Mag. Anton Rop became the prime minister without elections in December 2002, the government immediately dismissed Alja Brglez from her position as director of the Office for Information. She then worked at the Institute for Civilization and Culture, first as a researcher and later as director. President Drnovšek continued to collaborate with her; in 2004, at his invitation, she participated in the Conference on the Future - Development of Democracy with a contribution titled "The State and Citizens at the End of Transition."

In 2004, she ran for the first Slovenian elections to the European Parliament as the leader of the "Slovenia is Ours" list. Her performance was notable, achieving the eighth-best individual result with preferential votes and gathering more votes than all other female candidates. However, the list's result of 4.11% was not enough for Alja Brglez to be elected as a member of the European Parliament from Slovenia. She did not participate in further elections after that.

In 1993 and 1994, she was the director of the Institute of Advanced Studies - Faculty for Postgraduate Humanities Studies, the first private faculty in Slovenia and one of the first "behind the Iron Curtain," established in 1992, following the model of the Central European University founded by George Soros in Budapest in 1991.

From 1995 to 1999, during the Yugoslav wars and the refugee exodus, she was the director of the George Soros Foundation in Slovenia, called OSI Open Society Institute - Institute for an Open Society Slovenia.

She has always been active in the work of non-governmental organizations, participating in the establishment and initial steps of numerous NGOs, particularly in

the areas of human rights protection and democracy development. She has also been involved in other areas: she was a member of the Council for the Slovenian Language at the Municipality of Ljubljana, chairperson of the supervisory board of the Bled School of Management alumni, a founding member of YES (Young Executives Society), a member of the board of the Young Manager Association, a member of the board of the Lisbon Council, and a member of Friends of Europe.