Tatjana Bobnar
Bobnar in 2022
Minister of the Interior
In office
1 June 2022 – 14 December 2022
PresidentBorut Pahor
Prime MinisterRobert Golob
Preceded byAleš Hojs
Succeeded byBoštjan Poklukar
Director General of the Slovenian National Police Force
In office
12 December 2018 – 13 March 2020
Personal details
Born (1969-06-13) 13 June 1969 (age 54)
Ljubljana
Political partyFreedom Movement (Slovenia)

Tatjana Bobnar (born 13 June 1969) is a Slovenian police officer and politician. She has served the minister of interior of the Slovenia until 14 December 2022.[1][2]

Early life and education

She was born in Ljubljana on 13 June 1969. She attended high school in language and social sciences at Gimnazija Poljane. After her high school, she studied law in Ljubljana and graduated in 1993 with a degree in criminology and criminal law. In 2004, she received a master's degree in law from the same faculty with a thesis on Sexual Abuse of Children in the Family: Criminological and Criminal Law Aspects. Between 1993 and 2019, she attended numerous professional trainings and seminars both on the topic of criminal investigations, child abuse and police leadership.[3]

Career

Between 1993 and 1996, she was employed by the Ljubljana Police department as a criminal investigator in the department of juvenile delinquency. In 1996, she headed the taskforce till 2002. From 2002 to 2007 she worked at the Ljubljana Police department as the head of the operational support service, later she was promoted to assistant director. She was also the assistant director of the Criminal Police Directorate. From 2009 to 2018, she worked as an Assistant Director General of the Police, and in 2012 she also got a job at the Police College.

In 2018, Marjan Šarec's government appointed her Director General of the Slovenia National Police Force.[4]  She was relieved of her post in March 2020 after Janez Janša took office as Prime Minister.

Minister of Interior

On 1 June 2022, she took office as Minister of the Interior in the 15th Government of Slovenia.[5] The handover took place on Thursday, 2 June 2022.[6]

From 1 June 2022 to 14 December 2022, she served as Minister of the Interior in the 15th Slovenian government.

References

  1. ^ "Tatjana Bobnar, ki želi depolitizirati policijo, skozi sito parlamentarnega odbora". RTVSLO.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Tatjana Bobnar: Nikoli ne bo prestopila meje med politiko in policijo". www.delo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Bobnar, Tatjana (1969–) - Slovenska biografija". www.slovenska-biografija.si. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Nova generalna direktorica policije je Tatjana Bobnar". RTVSLO.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Vsak dan prvi - 24ur.com". www.24ur.com. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Tatjana Bobnar: Nikoli ne bo prestopila meje med politiko in policijo". www.delo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
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