Gregor Virant

Gregor Virant
Minister of the Interior
In office
20 March 2013 – 18 September 2014
Preceded byVinko Gorenak
Succeeded byVesna Györkös Žnidar
Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia
In office
21 December 2011 – 28 January 2013
Preceded byLjubo Germič
Succeeded byJakob Presečnik (acting)
Personal details
Born (1969-12-04) 4 December 1969 (age 54)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Political partySDS (2004-2011)
Civic List (2011-)
Alma materUniversity of Ljubljana
ProfessionLawyer, public servant, politician

Gregor Virant (born 4 December 1969) is a Slovenian politician and public servant. Between 2004 and 2008, he served as Minister of Public Administration in Janez Janša's first government, between 2011–2013 he was Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia. He also served as Minister of the Interior and Public Administration in the government of Alenka Bratušek between 2013 and 2014.

He was the leader (October 2011–May 2014) of the Civic List, until April 2012 named Gregor Virant's Civic List, a liberal political party established in October 2011 to compete in the 2011 parliamentary election.