Slovenian art historian, journalist and politician
Majda Širca Ravnikar.
Majda Širca Ravnikar (born 20 April 1953) is a Slovenian art historian , journalist and politician . She served as Minister of Culture in the government of Borut Pahor .[ 1]
She was born in Postojna , then part of the People's Republic of Slovenia of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia . She spent her youth in the Karst region in western Slovenia. She attended elementary school in Štanjel and Dutovlje , and high school in Postojna. She has a degree in art history from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana . She worked as a journalist at Slovenian State Television in cultural programming, especially dealing with art film . During this time, she produced more than 60 short documentary films.[ 1]
In 1997, she was appointed State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture under Jožef Školč . In the 2000 parliamentary elections , she was elected to the Slovenian National Assembly on the list of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia . She was re-elected in 2004 . During the centre-right government of Janez Janša between 2004 and 2008, she emerged as the main opposition speaker in culture and media policy , strongly criticizing conservative Minister of Culture Vasko Simoniti . The two developed a personal animosity, which was well known to the public.[ 2] [ 3]
In 2007, she left the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia party and became one of the founding member of the social liberal party Zares . After the victory of the leftist parties in the parliamentary election of 2008 , she was appointed Minister of Culture in the government of Borut Pahor .
Majda Širca was married to the late Slovenian architect Vojteh Ravnikar .
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