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Danilo Türk is a Slovenian diplomat, professor of international law, human rights expert, and political figure who served as President of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012. He was the first Slovene ambassador to the United Nations, from 1992 to 2000, and was the UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs from 2000 to 2005.
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Born 19 February 1952 · Q57329
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Türk was appointed by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism, co-chaired by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Stefan Löfven
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Türk was elected president of the Club of Madrid
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Was an unsuccessful candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations
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But lost the election to Borut Pahor in a second round of voting, held on 2 December 2012
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (2011).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2010).
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Career landmark: President of Slovenia (2007–2012).
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Returned to Slovenia and became a professor of international law; from May 2006 to December 2007 he served as the vice dean of student affairs at the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Law
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Career landmark: Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations (1992–2000).
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Initiated the establishment of the Council for Human Rights in Slovenia and served until 1992 as the council’s vice-chairman
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Became the director of the University of Ljubljana's Institute for International Law
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Obtained his PhD with a dissertation on the principle of non-intervention in international law at the University in Ljubljana and received a full-time job as an assistant professor at the University in Ljubljana's Fac
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And then became a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana
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Enrolled at the University of Ljubljana, where he studied law
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Born 1952-02-19.
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