Igor Šoltes

Igor Šoltes

Igor Šoltes (born 1964) is a Slovenian lawyer and politician.

Šoltes served as the President of the Court of Auditors of Slovenia from 2004 to 2013.[1] In 2008, he received his PhD at the Faculty of Social Studies at the University of Ljubljana.[1] In January 2014, Šoltes was seen as a possible candidate for minister of health;[1] however, he decided to refuse the offer from Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek due to lack of political support in the coalition.[2]

Before the 2014 European Parliament election, Šoltes formed a ticket named Verjamem (meaning "I believe" in Slovene[3]), which won 10.45% of the vote, securing one seat in the European Parliament (for Šoltes).[4] Following the election, Šoltes announced a plan to transform the ticket into a full political party at a congress that would take place on 4 June 2014[5] in order for the party to enter the parliamentary election in July 2014. After receiving 6,800 votes in the parliamentary election, he resigned as president of Verjamem.[6]

Šoltes is the grandson of the late Yugoslav politician and economist Edvard Kardelj.[1][7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Igor Šoltes verjetno novi minister za zdravje". Delo.si. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  2. ↑ "Bratuškova o odločitvi Šoltesa: Na žalost je še vedno bolj pomembno, da si naš, kot pa, da nekaj znaš | Dnevnik". Dnevnik.si. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  3. ↑ Haughton, Tim; Alenka Krasovec (2014-05-23). "Are European elections ever about Europe?". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  4. ↑ "EU volitve 2014 / 18". Delo.si. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  5. ↑ "V sredo bo nastala še Šoltesova stranka Verjamem : Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija". Rtvslo.si. 2014-05-26. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  6. ↑ SiOL.net - Igor Šoltes ne verjame več v Verjamem
  7. ↑ 19.01.2001 (2001-01-19). "Revizor, ki igra odvetnikom". Finance.si. Retrieved 2014-06-02.