Mr. Janez Janša, former Prime Minister of Slovenia, to deliver a Keynote Address during “A World Without Walls“ at the ICD House of Arts and Culture

janez-jansa.jpg
President of the Slovenian Democratic Party (1993-present), Mr. Janez Janša, has had a long and tumultuous career in Slovenian politics, spanning from political prisoner to prime minister. During Mr. Janša’s term as Prime Minister (2004-2008), Slovenia entered the European Union, introduced the Euro, and in 2008 was the first new-member state to hold the EU Presidency (with him as President of the European Council). Mr. Janša’s personal past is deeply tied to Slovenia’s struggle for democracy, as he was one of the journalists arrested and tried in the JBTZ-trial, a principle catalyst for the revolutionary Slovenian Spring.