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{{Short description|President of Slovenia since 2022}}
{{Short description|President of Slovenia since 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nataša Pirc Musar
| name = Nataša Pirc Musar
| image = Srečanje_predsednika_vlade_Roberta_Goloba_z_novoizvoljeno_predsednico_republike_Natašo_Pirc_Musar_(52516619515)_(cropped).jpg
| image = Nataša Pirc Musar 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Pirc Musar in 2022
| caption = Pirc Musar in 2024
| office = 5th [[President of Slovenia]]
| office = 5th [[President of Slovenia]]
| primeminister = [[Robert Golob]]
| primeminister = [[Robert Golob]]
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| term_start1 = July 17, 2004
| term_start1 = July 17, 2004
| term_end1 = July 16, 2014
| term_end1 = July 16, 2014
| predecessor1 = Office established
| predecessor1 = ''Office established''
| successor1 = Mojca Prelesnik
| successor1 = Mojca Prelesnik
| birth_name = Nataša Pirc
| birth_name = Nataša Pirc
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|05|09|mf=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|05|09|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ljubljana]], [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia|SR Slovenia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| birth_place = [[Ljubljana]], [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia|SR Slovenia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
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| education = [[University of Ljubljana]]<br>[[University of Vienna]]
| spouse = Aleš Musar
| spouse = Aleš Musar
| children = 1
| children = 1
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| education = [[University of Ljubljana]]<br>[[University of Vienna]]
}}
}}
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'''Nataša Pirc Musar''' (born May 9, 1968) is a Slovenian attorney and author, serving as [[president of Slovenia]] since December 23, 2022. She is the former [[Information commissioner|Information Commissioner]] (2004–2014), journalist and former president of the [[Slovenian Red Cross]] (2015–2016).


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'''Nataša Pirc Musar''' (born May 9, 1968) is a Slovenian attorney and author, serving as the 5th [[president of Slovenia]] since 2022. She is the former [[Information commissioner]] (2004–2014), a former journalist, and former president of the [[Slovenian Red Cross]] (2015–2016).
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Pirc Musar is best known for her rulings and books on [[freedom of information]], legal opinion, and high-profile legal cases, in which she represented Slovenia-born [[Melania Trump]] (wife of former U.S. president [[Donald Trump]]), the [[Social Democrats (Slovenia)|Social Democrats]] political party of Slovenia, and other notable clients. In the second round of the [[2022 Slovenian presidential election|presidential elections in November 2022]], she was elected the first female president of Slovenia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wahlkommission: Slowenen küren Pirc-Musar zur Präsidentin |url=https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2Fnews%2F2022-11%2F13%2Fwahlkommission-slowenen-kueren-pirc-musar-zur-praesidentin |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www.zeit.de}}</ref>

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Pirc Musar is best known for her rulings and books on [[freedom of information]], legal opinion, and high-profile legal cases, in which she represented Slovenia-born [[Melania Trump]] (wife of former U.S. president [[Donald Trump]]), the [[Social Democrats (Slovenia)|Social Democrats]] political party of Slovenia, and other notable clients. In the second round of the [[2022 Slovenian presidential election|presidential elections in November 2022]], she was elected the first female president of Slovenia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wahlkommission: Slowenen küren Pirc-Musar zur Präsidentin |url=https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2Fnews%2F2022-11%2F13%2Fwahlkommission-slowenen-kueren-pirc-musar-zur-praesidentin|website=zeit.de|access-date=2022-11-13|language=de}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Pirc Musar studied law at the [[University of Ljubljana]] Faculty of Law in 1992, where [[Marko Ilešič]] was her supervisor.<ref name=":0" /> In 1997, she passed the bar exam, and later she got a job at Television Slovenia, where she worked for six years as a journalist and host of the central news program.<ref name=":0" /> Then, for five years, she was the presenter of the central news program ''[[24UR]]'' on commercial television [[Pop (Slovenian TV channel)|POP TV]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Življenjepis |url=https://predsednica.bo/zivljenjepis/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Nataša Pirc Musar – Kandidatka za predsednico |language=sl-SI}}</ref> In 2001, she became the head of the corporate communication department at Aktiva Group, where her husband Aleš Musar worked.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-23 |title=Kdo je srčni izbranec Nataše Pirc Musar? |url=https://www.metropolitan.si/scena/traci/to-je-srcni-izbranec-natase-pirc-musar/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Metropolitan.si |language=en}}</ref>
Pirc Musar studied law at the [[University of Ljubljana]]'s Faculty of Law in 1992, where [[Marko Ilešič]] was her supervisor.<ref name=":0" /> In 1997, she passed the bar exam, and later she got a job at Television Slovenia, where she worked for six years as a journalist and host of the central news program.<ref name=":0" /> Then, for five years, she was the presenter of the central news program ''[[24UR]]'' on the commercial television channel [[Pop (Slovenian TV channel)|POP TV]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Življenjepis |url=https://predsednica.bo/zivljenjepis/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Nataša Pirc Musar – Kandidatka za predsednico |language=sl}}</ref> In 2001, she became the head of the corporate communication department at Aktiva Group, where her husband Aleš Musar worked.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 23, 2022 |title=Kdo je srčni izbranec Nataše Pirc Musar? |url=https://www.metropolitan.si/scena/traci/to-je-srcni-izbranec-natase-pirc-musar/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Metropolitan.si|language=sl}}</ref>


Pirc Musar completed additional training at [[CNN]] in [[Atlanta]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE, NATASA PIRC MUSAR: How I became Melania Trump's attorney, and we never met! |url=https://www.telegraf.rs/english/2899588-exclusive-natasa-pirc-musar-how-i-became-melania-trumps-attorney-and-we-never-met |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Telegraf.rs |language=sr}}</ref> She then continued her studies for two semesters at the [[University of Salford]] in England, during which she did internships at the [[BBC]], [[ITV Granada|Granada TV]], [[Sky News]], [[Reuters TV]] and [[ITV Border|Border TV]].<ref name=":1" /> In 2015 she obtained a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] at the [[University of Vienna]] Faculty of Law with a dissertation on a fair balance between privacy rights and the [[freedom of information]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=dr. Nataša Pirc Musar |url=https://privacy-days.com/speaker/natasa-pirc-musar/ |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Privacy Days |language=sl-SI}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Nataša Pirc Musar |url=https://www.eipa.eu/expert/natasa-pirc-musar/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=European Institution of Public Administration |language=en-US}}</ref>
Pirc Musar completed additional training at [[CNN]] in [[Atlanta]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE, Nataša Pirc Musar: How I became Melania Trump's attorney, and we never met! |url=https://www.telegraf.rs/english/2899588-exclusive-natasa-pirc-musar-how-i-became-melania-trumps-attorney-and-we-never-met |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Telegraf.rs |date=September 28, 2017}}</ref> She then continued her studies for two semesters at the [[University of Salford]] in England, during which she did internships at the [[BBC]], [[ITV Granada|Granada TV]], [[Sky News]], [[Reuters TV]] and [[ITV Border|Border TV]].<ref name=":1" /> In 2015 she obtained a PhD at the [[University of Vienna]] Faculty of Law with a dissertation on a fair balance between privacy rights and the [[freedom of information]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=dr. Nataša Pirc Musar |url=https://privacy-days.com/speaker/natasa-pirc-musar/ |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Privacy Days |language=sl-SI}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Nataša Pirc Musar |url=https://www.eipa.eu/expert/natasa-pirc-musar/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=European Institution of Public Administration}}</ref>


==Legal and business career==
==Legal and business career==
In April 2003, Pirc Musar joined the [[Supreme Court of Slovenia]] as director of the Center for Education and Information.<ref name=":4" /> Pirc Musar is best remembered for being the Commissioner for Access to Public Information between 2004 and 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zgodovina Informacijskega pooblaščenca – IPRS |url=https://www.ip-rs.si/o-poobla%C5%A1%C4%8Dencu/zgodovina-informacijskega-poobla%C5%A1%C4%8Denca |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.ip-rs.si}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> From March 2011, she was the vice-president of the Joint Supervisory Body for [[Europol]], and from 2012 until the end of her mandate as information commissioner, she was the president of this body of the [[European Union]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nataša Pirc Musar |url=https://www.advisoryexcellence.com/experts/natasa-pirc-musar/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Advisory Excellence |language=en-US}}</ref> After the end of her mandate as information commissioner, she founded her own law firm.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Law firm in Slovenia |url=https://pirc-musar.si/en/law-firm-in-slovenia/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Law Firm Pirc Musar & Lemut Strle |language=en-US}}</ref> Rosana Lemut Strle, became a partner in the law firm in 2016, and the Law Firm is now called Pirc Musar & Lemut Strle.<ref name=":5" /> Among others she represented [[Melania Trump]], during her husband's US presidency.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zerdin |first=Ali |title=No more 'Melania Trump' underwear, honey for Slovenians |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2016/12/02/slovenia-melania-trump-trademark/94799910/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=[[The Detroit News]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nemtsova |first=Anna |date=2017-08-09 |title=Melania Trump's Lawyer Back Home Says You Better Not Say She Was an 'Escort' |language=en |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/melania-trumps-lawyer-back-home-says-you-better-not-say-she-was-an-escort |access-date=2022-09-23}}</ref> In highly publicized cases she represented politicians of the [[Social Democrats (Slovenia)|Social Democrats]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Janez Janša javno objavil pismo, ki ga je dobil od Nataše Pirc Musar (FOTO) |url=https://www.slovenskenovice.si/novice/slovenija/janez-jansa-javno-objavil-pismo-ki-ga-je-dobil-od-natase-pirc-musar-foto/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=www.slovenskenovice.si |language=sl-si}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-10 |title=Bo ustavno sodišče o pobudi za izbris SD in Levice odločalo še pred volitvami? |url=https://n1info.si/novice/slovenija/bo-ustavno-sodisce-o-pobudi-za-izbris-sd-in-levice-odlocalo-se-pred-volitvami/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=N1 |language=sl-SI}}</ref> the ambassador to the United States Stanislav Vidovič,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Požar |first=Bojan |title=Stanislav Vidovič, diplomat, politik SMC in-bivši tajni agent prek Nataše Pirc Musar tožil Bojana Požarja in izgubil |url=https://pozareport.si/pravosodje/post/439704/stanislav-vidovic-diplomat-politik-smc-in-bivsi-tajni-agent-prek-natase-pirc-musar-tozil-bojana-pozarja-in-izgubil |website=Požareport}}</ref> among others.


Between 2010 and 2021, Pirc Musar was voted among the top ten most influential lawyers in the country numerous times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Najvplivnejši pravniki o pravni korektnosti, politični všečnosti pravnikov, arbitraži in Wikileaksu |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042409175 |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=Dnevnik}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vsak dan prvi - 24ur.com |url=https://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija/matoz-je-najvplivnejsi-pravnik.html |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=www.24ur.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kdo je najvplivnejši pravnik? |url=http://www.mladina.si/117686/kdo-je-najvplivnejsi-pravnik/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=Mladina.si}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ZNANIH JE 10 NAJVPLIVNEJŠIH PRAVNIKOV 2021 |url=https://www.iusinfo.si/medijsko-sredisce/dnevne-novice/289477 |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=IUS-INFO |language=sl}}</ref> She co-founded the OnaVe association to connect female experts and promote knowledge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=itmelona |title=Kdo smo |url=https://onave.si/kdo-smo/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=ONA VE |language=sl-SI}}</ref><ref name="demokracija.si">{{Cite web |date=2022-07-20 |title=Med Marto Kos in Natašo Pirc Musar se že iskri; ali je to v resnici samo predstava za javnosti, preberite v jutrišnji reviji Demokracija |url=https://demokracija.si/fokus/med-marto-kos-in-nataso-pirc-musar-se-ze-iskri/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Demokracija |language=sl-SI}}</ref> From 2015 to 2016, she was the president of the Slovenian Red Cross.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Delo.si |first=Ti K. |date=2015-06-29 |title=Nataša Pirc Musar na čelu Rdečega križa |url=https://old.delo.si/novice/slovenija/natasa-pirc-musar-na-celu-rdecega-kriza.html |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=old.delo.si |language=sl-si}}</ref>
In April 2003, Pirc Musar joined the [[Supreme Court of Slovenia]] as director of the Center for Education and Information.<ref name=":4" /> Pirc Musar is best remembered for being the Commissioner for Access to Public Information between 2004 and 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zgodovina Informacijskega pooblaščenca|url=https://www.ip-rs.si/o-poobla%C5%A1%C4%8Dencu/zgodovina-informacijskega-poobla%C5%A1%C4%8Denca |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.ip-rs.si|language=sl}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> From March 2011, she was the vice-president of the Joint Supervisory Body for [[Europol]], and from 2012 until the end of her mandate as information commissioner, she was the president of this body of the [[European Union]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nataša Pirc Musar |url=https://www.advisoryexcellence.com/experts/natasa-pirc-musar/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Advisory Excellence}}</ref> After the end of her mandate as information commissioner, she founded her own law firm.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Law firm in Slovenia |url=https://pirc-musar.si/en/law-firm-in-slovenia/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Law Firm Pirc Musar & Lemut Strle}}</ref> Rosana Lemut Strle, became a partner in the law firm in 2016, and the Law Firm is now called Pirc Musar & Lemut Strle.<ref name=":5" /> Among others she represented [[Melania Trump]], during her husband's US presidency.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zerdin |first=Ali |title=No more 'Melania Trump' underwear, honey for Slovenians |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2016/12/02/slovenia-melania-trump-trademark/94799910/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=[[The Detroit News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nemtsova |first=Anna |date=9 August 2017 |title=Melania Trump's Lawyer Back Home Says You Better Not Say She Was an 'Escort'|work=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/melania-trumps-lawyer-back-home-says-you-better-not-say-she-was-an-escort |access-date=2022-09-23}}</ref> In highly publicized cases she represented politicians of the [[Social Democrats (Slovenia)|Social Democrats]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Janez Janša javno objavil pismo, ki ga je dobil od Nataše Pirc Musar (FOTO) |url=https://www.slovenskenovice.si/novice/slovenija/janez-jansa-javno-objavil-pismo-ki-ga-je-dobil-od-natase-pirc-musar-foto/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=www.slovenskenovice.si |language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 February 2022 |title=Bo ustavno sodišče o pobudi za izbris SD in Levice odločalo še pred volitvami? |url=https://n1info.si/novice/slovenija/bo-ustavno-sodisce-o-pobudi-za-izbris-sd-in-levice-odlocalo-se-pred-volitvami/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=N1|language=sl}}</ref> the ambassador to the United States Stanislav Vidovič,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Požar |first=Bojan |title=Stanislav Vidovič, diplomat, politik SMC in-bivši tajni agent prek Nataše Pirc Musar tožil Bojana Požarja in izgubil |url=https://pozareport.si/pravosodje/post/439704/stanislav-vidovic-diplomat-politik-smc-in-bivsi-tajni-agent-prek-natase-pirc-musar-tozil-bojana-pozarja-in-izgubil |website=Požareport}}</ref> among others.


Pirc Musar authored or co-authored at least six books on freedom of information and privacy in Slovenian, English, and Croatian.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maribor |first=IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti |title=Vstop v zasebnost prepovedan! : varstvo osebnih podatkov :: COBISS+ |url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/225103360 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=plus.cobiss.net |language=sl}}</ref><ref name="Maribor">{{Cite web |last=Maribor |first=IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti |title=Kako in kdaj uporabljati test javnega interesa? : novela Zakona o dostopu do informacij javnega značaja :: COBISS+ |url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/221224448 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=plus.cobiss.net |language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maribor |first=IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti |title=Zaštita podataka i nadležnosti institucija Evropske unije : priručnik; Data protection and competencies of European Union institutions :: COBISS+ |url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/255002636 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=plus.cobiss.net |language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maribor |first=IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti |title=Tudi danes imate pravico vedeti :: COBISS+ |url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/1698273 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=plus.cobiss.net |language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maribor |first=IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti |title=Samo ti odločaš : komu lahko zaupam osebne podatke in kdaj? :: COBISS+ |url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/236076032 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=plus.cobiss.net |language=sl}}</ref><ref name="plus.cobiss.net">{{Cite web |last=Maribor |first=IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti |title=Zasebnost in varovanje osebnih podatkov v organizaciji :: COBISS+ |url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/513258370 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=plus.cobiss.net |language=sl}}</ref>
Between 2010 and 2021, Pirc Musar was voted among the top ten most influential lawyers in the country numerous times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Najvplivnejši pravniki o pravni korektnosti, politični všečnosti pravnikov, arbitraži in Wikileaksu |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042409175 |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=Dnevnik|language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vsak dan prvi|url=https://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija/matoz-je-najvplivnejsi-pravnik.html |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=www.24ur.com|language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kdo je najvplivnejši pravnik? |url=http://www.mladina.si/117686/kdo-je-najvplivnejsi-pravnik/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=Mladina.si|language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Znanih je 10 Najvplivnejšij Pravnikov 2021 |url=https://www.iusinfo.si/medijsko-sredisce/dnevne-novice/289477 |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=IUS-INFO |language=sl}}</ref> She co-founded the OnaVe association to connect female experts and promote knowledge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=itmelona |title=Kdo smo |url=https://onave.si/kdo-smo/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=ONA VE |language=sl}}</ref><ref name="demokracija.si">{{Cite web |date=20 July 2022 |title=Med Marto Kos in Natašo Pirc Musar se že iskri; ali je to v resnici samo predstava za javnosti, preberite v jutrišnji reviji Demokracija |url=https://demokracija.si/fokus/med-marto-kos-in-nataso-pirc-musar-se-ze-iskri/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Demokracija |language=sl}}</ref> From 2015 to 2016, she was the president of the Slovenian Red Cross.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 29, 2015 |title=Nataša Pirc Musar na čelu Rdečega križa |url=https://old.delo.si/novice/slovenija/natasa-pirc-musar-na-celu-rdecega-kriza.html |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=old.delo.si |language=sl}}</ref>

Pirc Musar has authored or co-authored at least six books on freedom of information and privacy in Slovenian, English, and Croatian.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vstop v zasebnost prepovedan!|url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/225103360 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=COBISS+|language=sl}}</ref><ref name="Maribor">{{Cite web|title=Kako in kdaj uporabljati test javnega interesa? Novela Zakona o dostopu do informacij javnega značaja|url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/221224448 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=COBISS+|language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Zaštita podataka i nadležnosti institucija Evropske unije : priručnik; Data protection and competencies of European Union institutions|url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/255002636 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=COBISS+|language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tudi danes imate pravico vedeti|url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/1698273 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=COBISS+|language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Samo ti odločaš : komu lahko zaupam osebne podatke in kdaj? |url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/236076032 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=COBISS|language=sl}}</ref><ref name="plus.cobiss.net">{{Cite web|title=Zasebnost in varovanje osebnih podatkov v organizaciji|url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/513258370 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=COBISS+|language=sl}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==
On June 23, 2022, Pirc Musar announced her candidacy for [[President of Slovenia]] in the [[2022 Slovenian presidential election]], scheduled for October 23, 2022, as an independent candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nataša Pirc Musar bo v Ruski dači sporočila, ali bo kandidirala za predsednico države |url=https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/natasa-pirc-musar-bo-v-ruski-daci-sporocila-ali-bo-kandidirala-za-predsednico-drzave-582249 |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=siol.net |language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maček |first=Sebastijan R. |date=2022-08-23 |title=Former information commissioner top contender in Slovenia's presidential race |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/former-information-commissioner-top-contender-in-slovenias-presidential-race/ |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=www.euractiv.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> She was the first to announce her candidacy for president, and she was endorsed by former presidents of Slovenia [[Milan Kučan]] and [[Danilo Türk]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pirc Musar the first candidate to formally announce her presidential bid |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/news/pirc-musar-the-first-candidate-to-formally-announce-her-presidential-bid/631965 |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=rtvslo.si |language=en}}</ref> Pirc Musar has not been a member of a political party, and she does not plan to become one.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-21 |title=A week before the deadline, five candidates |url=https://slovenia.postsen.com/local/30039/A-week-before-the-deadline-five-candidates.html |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Slovenia Posts English |language=en-us}}</ref> While she defended her candidacy as an independent, parties such as the [[Pirate Party (Slovenia)|Pirate Party]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-07-26 |title=Pirate Party endorses Pirc Musar for president |url=https://sloveniatimes.com/pirate-party-endorses-pirc-musar-for-president/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Slovenia Times |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Youth Party – European Greens]] also supported her.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pirc Musarjeva: I don't want punches below the belt and attacks to order |url=https://slovenia.postsen.com/trends/amp/30042 |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=slovenia.postsen.com}}</ref>
On June 23, 2022, Pirc Musar announced her candidacy for [[President of Slovenia]] in the [[2022 Slovenian presidential election]], scheduled for 23 October 2022, as an independent candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nataša Pirc Musar bo v Ruski dači sporočila, ali bo kandidirala za predsednico države |url=https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/natasa-pirc-musar-bo-v-ruski-daci-sporocila-ali-bo-kandidirala-za-predsednico-drzave-582249 |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=siol.net |language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maček |first=Sebastijan R. |date=23 August 2022 |title=Former information commissioner top contender in Slovenia's presidential race |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/former-information-commissioner-top-contender-in-slovenias-presidential-race/ |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=[[Euractiv]]}}</ref> She was the first to announce her candidacy for president, and she was endorsed by former presidents of Slovenia [[Milan Kučan]] and [[Danilo Türk]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pirc Musar the first candidate to formally announce her presidential bid |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/news/pirc-musar-the-first-candidate-to-formally-announce-her-presidential-bid/631965 |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=RTV Slovenija}}</ref> Pirc Musar has not been a member of a political party, and she does not plan to become one.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} While she defended her candidacy as an independent, parties such as the [[Pirate Party (Slovenia)|Pirate Party]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=26 July 2022 |title=Pirate Party endorses Pirc Musar for president |url=https://sloveniatimes.com/pirate-party-endorses-pirc-musar-for-president/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Slovenia Times}}</ref> and [[Youth Party – European Greens]] also supported her.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}


Her candidacy sparked media speculation about her relationship with Marta Kos, vice president of the ruling party [[Freedom Movement (Slovenia)|Freedom Movement]], who announced her own candidacy for president a little later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poleg prostozidarskega in gejevskega skozi Goloba prodira tudi ženski lobi: a Urška, Marta, Nataša, Tanja že sprte |url=https://pozareport.si/7dni/post/636990/poleg-prostozidarskega-in-gejevskega-skozi-goloba-prodira-tudi-zenski-lobi-a-urska-marta-natasa-tanja-ze-sprte |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=pozareport.si |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zakaj Kučan podpira Natašo proti Marti? Ker že nekaj tednov po Ljubljani govori, da Golob ne sme dobiti vsega. |url=https://pozareport.si/post/642638/zakaj-kucan-podpira-nataso-proti-marti-ker-ze-nekaj-tednov-po-ljubljani-govori-da-golob-ne-sme-dobiti-vsega |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=pozareport.si |language=en}}</ref> Pirc Musar and Kos claimed to be friends, but according to media reports they stopped communicating with each other.<ref name="demokracija.si" /> In September 2022, Kos withdrew her candidacy, which led to a surge in support for Pirc Musar, who was already leading.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=STA: Pirc Musar's bid gets boost after Kos quits, poll shows |url=https://english.sta.si/3077178/pirc-musars-bid-gets-boost-after-kos-quits-poll-shows |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=english.sta.si}}</ref> In October, she came second in the first round of the presidential elections, therefore becoming one of the two contenders in the run-off of the presidential elections in November 2022.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-02 |title=Slovenians Won't Vote for Jansa's Puppet as President |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2022/11/02/slovenians-wont-vote-for-jansas-puppet-as-president/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Balkan Insight |language=en-US}}</ref> In the second round of 13 November, Pirc Musar defeated [[Slovenian Democratic Party]] candidate [[Anže Logar]] and was elected Slovenia's first female president.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-13 |title=Slovenia elects Natasa Pirc Musar to become first female president |language=en |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/elections/article/2022/11/13/slovenia-elects-natasa-pirc-musar-to-become-first-female-president_6004144_84.html |access-date=2022-11-14}}</ref>
Her candidacy sparked media speculation about her relationship with [[Marta Kos]], vice president of the ruling party [[Freedom Movement (Slovenia)|Freedom Movement]], who announced her own candidacy for president a little later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poleg prostozidarskega in gejevskega skozi Goloba prodira tudi ženski lobi: a Urška, Marta, Nataša, Tanja že sprte |url=https://pozareport.si/7dni/post/636990/poleg-prostozidarskega-in-gejevskega-skozi-goloba-prodira-tudi-zenski-lobi-a-urska-marta-natasa-tanja-ze-sprte |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=pozareport.si|language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zakaj Kučan podpira Natašo proti Marti? Ker že nekaj tednov po Ljubljani govori, da Golob ne sme dobiti vsega. |url=https://pozareport.si/post/642638/zakaj-kucan-podpira-nataso-proti-marti-ker-ze-nekaj-tednov-po-ljubljani-govori-da-golob-ne-sme-dobiti-vsega |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=pozareport.si |language=sl}}</ref> Pirc Musar and Kos claimed to be friends, but according to media reports they stopped communicating with each other.<ref name="demokracija.si" /> In September 2022, Kos withdrew her candidacy, which led to a surge in support for Pirc Musar, who was already leading.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=STA: Pirc Musar's bid gets boost after Kos quits, poll shows |url=https://english.sta.si/3077178/pirc-musars-bid-gets-boost-after-kos-quits-poll-shows |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=english.sta.si}}</ref> In October, she came second in the first round of the presidential elections, therefore becoming one of the two contenders in the run-off of the presidential elections in November 2022.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2 November 2022 |title=Slovenians Won't Vote for Jansa's Puppet as President |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2022/11/02/slovenians-wont-vote-for-jansas-puppet-as-president/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=[[Balkan Insight]]}}</ref> In the second round of 13 November, Pirc Musar defeated [[Slovenian Democratic Party]] candidate [[Anže Logar]] and was elected Slovenia's first female president.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 November 2022 |title=Slovenia elects Natasa Pirc Musar to become first female president|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/elections/article/2022/11/13/slovenia-elects-natasa-pirc-musar-to-become-first-female-president_6004144_84.html|website=[[Le Monde]]|access-date=2022-11-14}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Pirc Musar is married to the businessman Aleš Musar. They have a son. They are the owners of a property known as the [[Zgornje Gameljne#Cultural Heritage|Russian dacha]] in [[Zgornje Gameljne]], and they also own a [[Rolls-Royce Phantom VI]] limousine, made in 1971 for and once owned by [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]], first cousin of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ruska dača je dolgo propadala, po dveh letih prenove pa spet živi #video #foto |language=sl |url=https://siol.net/trendi/potovanja/ruska-daca-je-dolgo-propadala-po-dveh-letih-prenove-pa-spet-zivi-foto-499325 |access-date=2022-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rolls Royce {{!}} Najem limuzine Ruska dača {{!}} Kraljevski Rolls Royce |url=https://www.ruska-daca.si/limuzine/rolls-royce/ |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Ruska dača |language=sl-SI}}</ref>
Pirc Musar is married to the businessman Aleš Musar. They have a son. Her husband is the owner of a property known as the "Russian dacha" in [[Zgornje Gameljne]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Nataša Pirc Musar izstopila iz lastništva Ruske dače |url=https://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija/natasa-pirc-musar-izstopila-iz-lastnistva-ruske-dace.html |access-date=July 8, 2024 |work=24ur.com |date=July 8, 2024}}</ref> and they also own a [[Rolls-Royce Phantom VI]] limousine, made in 1971 for and once owned by [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]], first cousin of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ruska dača je dolgo propadala, po dveh letih prenove pa spet živi #video #foto |language=sl |url=https://siol.net/trendi/potovanja/ruska-daca-je-dolgo-propadala-po-dveh-letih-prenove-pa-spet-zivi-foto-499325 |access-date=2022-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rolls Royce {{!}} Najem limuzine Ruska dača {{!}} Kraljevski Rolls Royce |url=https://www.ruska-daca.si/limuzine/rolls-royce/ |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Ruska dača |language=sl}}</ref>

==Honors==
* {{flag|Greece}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Redeemer]] (8 April 2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.predsednica-slo.si/en/news/joint-efforts-by-the-presidents-of-slovenia-and-greece-to-strengthen-cooperation-between-the-two-countries/|title=Joint efforts by the Presidents of Slovenia and Greece to strengthen cooperation between the two countries|date=8 April 2024|website=predsednica-slo.si}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==

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Nataša Pirc Musar
Pirc Musar in 2024
5th President of Slovenia
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 23, 2022
Prime MinisterRobert Golob
Preceded byBorut Pahor
1st Information commissioner
In office
July 17, 2004 – July 16, 2014
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMojca Prelesnik
Personal details
Born
Nataša Pirc

(1968-05-09) May 9, 1968 (age 56)
Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyIndependent
SpouseAleš Musar
Children1
EducationUniversity of Ljubljana
University of Vienna

Nataša Pirc Musar (born May 9, 1968) is a Slovenian attorney and author, serving as the 5th president of Slovenia since 2022. She is the former Information commissioner (2004–2014), a former journalist, and former president of the Slovenian Red Cross (2015–2016).

Pirc Musar is best known for her rulings and books on freedom of information, legal opinion, and high-profile legal cases, in which she represented Slovenia-born Melania Trump (wife of former U.S. president Donald Trump), the Social Democrats political party of Slovenia, and other notable clients. In the second round of the presidential elections in November 2022, she was elected the first female president of Slovenia.[1]

Early life and education

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Pirc Musar studied law at the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Law in 1992, where Marko Ilešič was her supervisor.[2] In 1997, she passed the bar exam, and later she got a job at Television Slovenia, where she worked for six years as a journalist and host of the central news program.[2] Then, for five years, she was the presenter of the central news program 24UR on the commercial television channel POP TV.[2] In 2001, she became the head of the corporate communication department at Aktiva Group, where her husband Aleš Musar worked.[3]

Pirc Musar completed additional training at CNN in Atlanta.[4] She then continued her studies for two semesters at the University of Salford in England, during which she did internships at the BBC, Granada TV, Sky News, Reuters TV and Border TV.[4] In 2015 she obtained a PhD at the University of Vienna Faculty of Law with a dissertation on a fair balance between privacy rights and the freedom of information.[5][6]

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In April 2003, Pirc Musar joined the Supreme Court of Slovenia as director of the Center for Education and Information.[6] Pirc Musar is best remembered for being the Commissioner for Access to Public Information between 2004 and 2014.[7][4] From March 2011, she was the vice-president of the Joint Supervisory Body for Europol, and from 2012 until the end of her mandate as information commissioner, she was the president of this body of the European Union.[8] After the end of her mandate as information commissioner, she founded her own law firm.[9] Rosana Lemut Strle, became a partner in the law firm in 2016, and the Law Firm is now called Pirc Musar & Lemut Strle.[9] Among others she represented Melania Trump, during her husband's US presidency.[10][11] In highly publicized cases she represented politicians of the Social Democrats,[12][13] the ambassador to the United States Stanislav Vidovič,[14] among others.

Between 2010 and 2021, Pirc Musar was voted among the top ten most influential lawyers in the country numerous times.[15][16][17][18] She co-founded the OnaVe association to connect female experts and promote knowledge.[19][20] From 2015 to 2016, she was the president of the Slovenian Red Cross.[21]

Pirc Musar has authored or co-authored at least six books on freedom of information and privacy in Slovenian, English, and Croatian.[22][23][24][25][26][27]

Political career

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On June 23, 2022, Pirc Musar announced her candidacy for President of Slovenia in the 2022 Slovenian presidential election, scheduled for 23 October 2022, as an independent candidate.[28][29] She was the first to announce her candidacy for president, and she was endorsed by former presidents of Slovenia Milan Kučan and Danilo Türk.[30] Pirc Musar has not been a member of a political party, and she does not plan to become one.[citation needed] While she defended her candidacy as an independent, parties such as the Pirate Party[31] and Youth Party – European Greens also supported her.[citation needed]

Her candidacy sparked media speculation about her relationship with Marta Kos, vice president of the ruling party Freedom Movement, who announced her own candidacy for president a little later.[32][33] Pirc Musar and Kos claimed to be friends, but according to media reports they stopped communicating with each other.[20] In September 2022, Kos withdrew her candidacy, which led to a surge in support for Pirc Musar, who was already leading.[34] In October, she came second in the first round of the presidential elections, therefore becoming one of the two contenders in the run-off of the presidential elections in November 2022.[35] In the second round of 13 November, Pirc Musar defeated Slovenian Democratic Party candidate Anže Logar and was elected Slovenia's first female president.[36]

Personal life

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Pirc Musar is married to the businessman Aleš Musar. They have a son. Her husband is the owner of a property known as the "Russian dacha" in Zgornje Gameljne,[37] and they also own a Rolls-Royce Phantom VI limousine, made in 1971 for and once owned by Princess Alexandra, first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.[38][39]

Honors

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References

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  1. ^ "Wahlkommission: Slowenen küren Pirc-Musar zur Präsidentin". zeit.de (in German). Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Življenjepis". Nataša Pirc Musar – Kandidatka za predsednico (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "Kdo je srčni izbranec Nataše Pirc Musar?". Metropolitan.si (in Slovenian). June 23, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "EXCLUSIVE, Nataša Pirc Musar: How I became Melania Trump's attorney, and we never met!". Telegraf.rs. September 28, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "dr. Nataša Pirc Musar". Privacy Days (in Slovenian). Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Nataša Pirc Musar". European Institution of Public Administration. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "Zgodovina Informacijskega pooblaščenca". www.ip-rs.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "Nataša Pirc Musar". Advisory Excellence. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Law firm in Slovenia". Law Firm Pirc Musar & Lemut Strle. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  10. ^ Zerdin, Ali. "No more 'Melania Trump' underwear, honey for Slovenians". The Detroit News. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  11. ^ Nemtsova, Anna (August 9, 2017). "Melania Trump's Lawyer Back Home Says You Better Not Say She Was an 'Escort'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  12. ^ "Janez Janša javno objavil pismo, ki ga je dobil od Nataše Pirc Musar (FOTO)". www.slovenskenovice.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  13. ^ "Bo ustavno sodišče o pobudi za izbris SD in Levice odločalo še pred volitvami?". N1 (in Slovenian). February 10, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  14. ^ Požar, Bojan. "Stanislav Vidovič, diplomat, politik SMC in-bivši tajni agent prek Nataše Pirc Musar tožil Bojana Požarja in izgubil". Požareport.
  15. ^ "Najvplivnejši pravniki o pravni korektnosti, politični všečnosti pravnikov, arbitraži in Wikileaksu". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  16. ^ "Vsak dan prvi". www.24ur.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  17. ^ "Kdo je najvplivnejši pravnik?". Mladina.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  18. ^ "Znanih je 10 Najvplivnejšij Pravnikov 2021". IUS-INFO (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  19. ^ itmelona. "Kdo smo". ONA VE (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  20. ^ a b "Med Marto Kos in Natašo Pirc Musar se že iskri; ali je to v resnici samo predstava za javnosti, preberite v jutrišnji reviji Demokracija". Demokracija (in Slovenian). July 20, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  21. ^ "Nataša Pirc Musar na čelu Rdečega križa". old.delo.si (in Slovenian). June 29, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  22. ^ "Vstop v zasebnost prepovedan!". COBISS+ (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  23. ^ "Kako in kdaj uporabljati test javnega interesa? Novela Zakona o dostopu do informacij javnega značaja". COBISS+ (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  24. ^ "Zaštita podataka i nadležnosti institucija Evropske unije : priručnik; Data protection and competencies of European Union institutions". COBISS+ (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  25. ^ "Tudi danes imate pravico vedeti". COBISS+ (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  26. ^ "Samo ti odločaš : komu lahko zaupam osebne podatke in kdaj?". COBISS (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  27. ^ "Zasebnost in varovanje osebnih podatkov v organizaciji". COBISS+ (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  28. ^ "Nataša Pirc Musar bo v Ruski dači sporočila, ali bo kandidirala za predsednico države". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  29. ^ Maček, Sebastijan R. (August 23, 2022). "Former information commissioner top contender in Slovenia's presidential race". Euractiv. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  30. ^ "Pirc Musar the first candidate to formally announce her presidential bid". RTV Slovenija. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  31. ^ "Pirate Party endorses Pirc Musar for president". Slovenia Times. July 26, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  32. ^ "Poleg prostozidarskega in gejevskega skozi Goloba prodira tudi ženski lobi: a Urška, Marta, Nataša, Tanja že sprte". pozareport.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  33. ^ "Zakaj Kučan podpira Natašo proti Marti? Ker že nekaj tednov po Ljubljani govori, da Golob ne sme dobiti vsega". pozareport.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  34. ^ "STA: Pirc Musar's bid gets boost after Kos quits, poll shows". english.sta.si. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  35. ^ "Slovenians Won't Vote for Jansa's Puppet as President". Balkan Insight. November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  36. ^ "Slovenia elects Natasa Pirc Musar to become first female president". Le Monde. November 13, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  37. ^ "Nataša Pirc Musar izstopila iz lastništva Ruske dače". 24ur.com. July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  38. ^ "Ruska dača je dolgo propadala, po dveh letih prenove pa spet živi #video #foto" (in Slovenian). Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  39. ^ "Rolls Royce | Najem limuzine Ruska dača | Kraljevski Rolls Royce". Ruska dača (in Slovenian). Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  40. ^ "Joint efforts by the Presidents of Slovenia and Greece to strengthen cooperation between the two countries". predsednica-slo.si. April 8, 2024.
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