OSCE Chairperson-in-Office

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Dimitrij Rupel

2005 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office

Recent positions:

2004-2008 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
2000-2004 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
1997-2000 Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the U.S.A.
1994-1997 Mayor of Ljubljana
1992-1995 Member of State Assembly (Parliament) of Slovenia
1990-1993 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
1989-1990 President of Slovenian Democratic Alliance (SDZ)
1989 Visiting Professor at Cleveland State University, Ohio, U.S.A.
1984-1987 Responsible editor of Nova revija
1985 Visiting Professor at New School for Social Research, New York, NY, U.S.A.
1980- Professor at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
1977-1978 Visiting Professor at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

Books by Dimitrij Rupel:

Sociology, History, International Relations, Memoirs:

Branje (Reading), 1973
Svobodne besede (Free Words), 1976
Oton Zupancic, 1979
Besede in dejanja (Words and Acts), 1981
Poskusi z resnicnostjo (Reality Tests), 1982
Literarna sociologija (Sociology of Literature), 1982
Sociologija kulture in umetnosti (Sociology of Culture and Art), 1986
Besede bozje in bozanske (Words of God and Words Divine), 1987
Slovenski intelektualci (Slovenian Intellectuals), 1989
Slovenske slovesnosti in vsakdanjosti (Slovenian Holidays and Everydays), 1990
Slovenstvo kot politicno prepricanje (Slovenian Faith), 1992
Slovenska pot do samostojnosti in priznanja (Slovenian Path to Independence and Recognition), 1992
Skrivnost drzave (Secret of State), 1992
Odcarana Slovenija (Disenchanted Slovenia), 1993
Cas politike (Time of Politics), 1994
Edinost, sreca, sprava (Unity, Happiness, Reconciliation), 1996
Svoboda proti drzavi (Freedom Against State), 1998
Srecanja in razhajanja (Meetings and Partings), 2001
Prevzem zgodbe o uspehu (Taking Over the Success Story), 2004

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