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Danilo Türk
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Danilo Türk is a Slovenian politician, diplomat, university teacher, and jurist born in Maribor in 1952. He served as the President of Slovenia and was a candidate in the 2007 Slovenian presidential election. His citizenship includes the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Slovenia. Türk holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and was educated at the University of Ljubljana and the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law.
He has worked for the United Nations, Columbia University, and the University of Ljubljana. Türk speaks Slovene and English. He is married to Barbara Miklič Türk and has one child. As an author, he has written seven works, including *Načelo neintervencije v mednarodnih odnosih in v mednarodnem pravu*, *Europe and Islam : Coexistence or Integration?*, *World Transformed*, *V kraljestvu knjige*, and *Twenty years overdue*.
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- Works
- 7
Top works
- Načelo neintervencije v mednarodnih odnosih in v mednarodnem pravu
- Europe and Islam : Coexistence or Integration?
- World Transformed
- V kraljestvu knjige
- Twenty years overdue
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- human
- Given name
- Danilo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Slovenia
- Place of birth
- Maribor
- Spouse
- Barbara Miklič Türk
- Educated at
- University of Belgrade
- Employer
- University of Ljubljana
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Image
- Predsednik vlade na posvetu Akademije znanosti za trajnostni razvoj Slovenije (53657713196) (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- date of birth
- 1952-02-19
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- candidacy in election
- 2007 Slovenian presidential election
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Encyclopedic overview
Danilo Türk ( pronounced [daˈníːlɔ ˈtýɾk]; born 19 February 1952) is a Slovenian diplomat, professor of international law, human rights expert, and political figure who served as President of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012. He was the first Slovene ambassador to the United Nations, from 1992 to 2000, and was the UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs from 2000 to 2005.
Türk is a visiting professor of international law at Columbia University in New York City, a professor emeritus at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana, and non-resident senior fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial studies at Renmin University of China in Beijing. He is the founder of the Danilo Türk Foundation, devoted mostly to the rehabilitation of child victims of armed conflict. Türk is also the chairman of the Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace and the chairman of the board of the Global Fairness Initiative, a Washington, D.C.–based NGO dedicated to economic and social development in developing nations.
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