Milan Brglez
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Milan Brglez | |
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.jpg) Formal portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 15 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Slovenia |
| Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia | |
| In office 1 August 2014 – 22 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Janko Veber |
| Succeeded by | Matej Tonin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1967 |
| Party | Social Democrats (2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Modern Centre Party (2014–2018) |
| Alma mater | University of Ljubljana |
Milan Brglez (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈmíːlam ˈbə́ɾɡlɛs];[1] born 1 September 1967)[2] is a Slovenian political scientist and politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia from 2014 to 2018.[3] He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) between 2019 and 2024. A member of the Social Democrats, part of the Party of European Socialists,[4] Brglez was a candidate in the 2022 presidential election.
Brglez graduated in political science at the Faculty of Social, Political Sciences and Journalism, University of Ljubljana, and completed his master's degree in international law at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. He obtained his PhD in international relations, specialising in theory of international relations with thesis entitled “The Meaning of Non-Positivist Epistemological and Realist Ontological Assumptions for Theorising International Relations and International Relations Research Methodologies”.[5]
Career in academia
In 1992, Brglez started his work at the Faculty of Social, Political Sciences and Journalism as teaching assistant at the Chair of International Relations covering courses of Politics of International Law, Diplomatic and Consular Relations, and International Relations. In 2007, he became assistant professor and course holder of Diplomatic and Consular Relations, Theory of International Relations, Selected Issues of International Law, Selected Issues of Diplomatic Law, and European Protection of Human Rights. In 2008, he took the position as head of the Department for International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences (University of Ljubljana).[6]
