Tina Bregant
Slovene politician
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Tina Bregant (née Marolt; born 16 November 1975) is a Slovenian doctor, politician, and university lecturer.[1]
She currently serves as a city councillor in the City Municipality of Ljubljana, within the group of independent councillors.[2] In the 2022 Slovenian local elections, she ran for mayor of Ljubljana as a joint candidate of the Slovenian People's Party (SLS) and Our Country, receiving 5,033 out of 89,405 votes.[3][4]
In 2020, during the government of Janez Janša, she served briefly as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Health, and later headed the ministerial cabinet.
Bregant is a specialist in Pediatrics and Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. In 2013, she earned a PhD with a dissertation titled "The impact of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy on quality of life in adolescence".[5][6][1][7][8] She works as a pediatrician and physiatrist at the medical unit of CIRIUS Kamnik.[9][6]
She authored the book Exciting Journey Through the Developing Brain,[10] a combination of a neuroscience monograph and a practical parenting guide. It provides a holistic view of child and brain development from conception to puberty.[10]