Irena Majcen

Irena Majcen
Majcen in 2016
Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning
In office
2014–2018
PresidentBorut Pahor
Prime MinisterMiro Cerar
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded bySimon Zajc [sl]
Personal details
Born (1958-03-02) 2 March 1958 (age 66)
Novo Mesto, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Political partyDemocratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (since 2010)
Other political
affiliations
Slovenian People's Party (until 2010)
Alma materUniversity of Ljubljana
OccupationAgricultural engineer

Irena Majcen (born 2 March 1958) is a Slovenian agricultural engineer and civil servant who was Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning from 2014 until 2018. Prior to becoming minister, she was mayor of the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica (2005–2010) and head of their Department of Agriculture, Food, Forestry, and Economy and Department for Environment, Spatial Affairs, Transport, and Communications.