Andrej Bertoncelj
{{Short description|Slovenian economist and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Andrej Bertoncelj
| image = Andrej bertoncelj izrez.PNG
| caption = Andrej Bertoncelj in 2018
| office = Minister of Finance
| term_start = September 13, 2018
| term_end = January 27, 2020
| predecessor = Mateja Vraničar Erman
| successor = Andrej Šircelj
| party = LMŠ
}}
Andrej Bertoncelj is a Slovenian economist and politician. From September 2018, he served as Minister of Finance in the 13th Government of Slovenia.{{Cite news|date=27 August 2018|title=Party Sources: Economist to Become Slovenian Finance Minister|work=VOA News|url=https://www.voanews.com/europe/party-sources-economist-become-slovenian-finance-minister|url-status=dead|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114182828/https://www.voanews.com/europe/party-sources-economist-become-slovenian-finance-minister|archive-date=14 January 2020}} He resigned in January 2020.{{Cite news|date=27 January 2020|title=Slovenia's prime minister announces resignation|work=Arab News|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1618846/world|url-status=live|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128110123/https://www.arabnews.com/node/1618846/world|archive-date=28 January 2020}}
Biography
Bertoncelj holds a Ph.D. in economics with a focus on finance. He has primarily worked in the pharmaceutical sector, serving as the president of Lek USA, assistant to the general director for finance at Lek, and director of SPE. Since 2009, he has been a full professor at the Faculty of Management, University of Primorska.{{Cite web |title=UP, Fakulteta za management - Andrej Bertoncelj |url=https://www.fm-kp.si/en/about/staff/about/bertoncelj_andrej/288 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.fm-kp.si}}
= Minister of Finance =
Bertoncelj was appointed as the Minister of Finance of Slovenia on 13 September 2018, in the 13th Government of Slovenia led by Prime Minister Marjan Šarec.{{Cite web |date=2019-05-26 |title=IMENOVANA 13. VLADA REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE POD VODSTVOM MARJANA ŠARCA – Stranka LMŠ |url=http://www.strankalms.si/imenovana-13-vlada-republike-slovenije-pod-vodstvom-marjana-sarca/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526132857/http://www.strankalms.si/imenovana-13-vlada-republike-slovenije-pod-vodstvom-marjana-sarca/ |archive-date=2019-05-26 }} However, he resigned from his position on January 27, 2020, due to disagreements over a proposed law to abolish supplementary health insurance, which would have been compensated for by the state budget.{{Cite web |title=STA: Finančni minister Andrej Bertoncelj odstopil s položaja |url=https://www.sta.si/2721440/financni-minister-andrej-bertoncelj-odstopil-s-polozaja |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.sta.si}} A few hours later, Prime Minister Marjan Šarec also resigned.{{Cite web |last=Kovač |first=Gregor Cerar, Tanja Kozorog Blatnik, Aleksandra K. |title=Po Šarčevem odstopu: prvaki strank o scenarijih razpleta najnovejše politične krize |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/po-sarcevem-odstopu-prvaki-strank-o-scenarijih-razpleta-najnovejse-politicne-krize/512760 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=rtvslo.si |language=sl}}
Publications
- 2015. [https://books.google.com/books?id=RzYRswEACAAJ Trajnostni razvoj: ekonomski, družbeni in okoljski vidiki]. Ljubljana: IUS Software, GV založba. {{ISBN|978-961-247-300-6}}.
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Category:21st-century Slovenian politicians
Category:Ministers of finance of Slovenia