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Janez Stanovnik was born on 4 August, 1922 in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, is a Slovenian politician (1922–2020). Discover Janez Stanovnik's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 98 years old?
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98 years old |
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Leo |
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4 August, 1922 |
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4 August |
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Ljubljana, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Date of death |
2020 |
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Slovenia |
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Slovenia
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Janez Stanovnik Height, Weight & Measurements
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Janez Stanovnik Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Janez Stanovnik worth at the age of 98 years old? Janez Stanovnik’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from Slovenia. We have estimated Janez Stanovnik's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Janez Stanovnik (4 August 1922 – 31 January 2020 ) was a Slovenian economist, politician, and Partisan.
After the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, he became active in the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People and was imprisoned by the Italian regime in the annexed Province of Ljubljana between autumn 1941 and February 1942.
Soon after his release from jail, he joined the Partisan resistance in the Province of Ljubljana.
He was the recipient of several awards, including the Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941, and was an honorary citizen of Ljubljana.
Stanovnik was the cousin of the Christian Socialist activist Aleš Stanovnik, who was executed by the Italian occupation forces in 1942.
In February 1944, he joined the Communist Party.
Between April 1944 and May 1945, he was among the organizers of the Partisan resistance in the Slovenian Littoral and was member of the regional national liberation committee.
In 1946, after the war, he became the personal secretary of the Slovene Yugoslav communist leader Edvard Kardelj.
He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School.
Between 1952 and 1956, he was member of the Yugoslav mission at the United Nations.
In 1956, he returned to Yugoslavia and started studying economics.
He was a professor at both the Institute of Social Sciences in Belgrade, and the University of Ljubljana.
Between 1965 and 1966, he served as an advisor to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and between 1968 and 1983, he worked on the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
There he served as the executive secretary of the commission from 1968 to 1982.
He served as the last President of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia between 1988 and 1990.
In 1988, he was appointed as President of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia.
Due to the political upheaval, he managed to use this largely ceremonial position in order to negotiate with the opposition groups, especially the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights during the Slovenian Spring.
Because of his support for a peaceful transition to parliamentary democracy, he was called by the press, somewhat ironically, "father of the nation".
He was also the cousin of, former member of the Slovene Home Guard and prominent activists of the Home Guard veteran association Nova slovenska zaveza (New Slovenian Covenant) after 1990.
From 2003 to 2013, he was the president of the Slovenian Partisan Veterans' Association.
He was born in Ljubljana, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, to a Slovene Roman Catholic family.
His father Ivan Stanovnik was a prominent member of the left wing of the Slovene People's Party and served as deputy mayor of Ljubljana.
His mother was the niece of the Bishop of Ljubljana.
He attended the classical gymnasium in Ljubljana.
As a high school student, he became active in the Christian Socialist association Zarja (Dawn), where he became acquainted with the Christian left intellectuals like Edvard Kocbek and Bogo Grafenauer.
In 2003, he was elected as Chairman of the Association of Slovenian Partisan Veterans, he stayed at this position until 2013, when he was named the honorary president of the Association.
Stanovnik was married twice and had four children.
He spent his last years in a retirement home and died on 31 January 2020, aged 97.
