Simon Maljevac
{{Short description|Slovenian politician (born 1981)}}
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Simon Maljevac (born 26 February 1981) is a Slovenian LGBT rights activist, politician and current Minister of Solidarity-Based Future of Slovenia. He was the general-secretary of The Left from 2018 to 2022.
Early life
Maljevac was born 26 February 1981 in Postojna.{{cite web |title=Simon Maljevac - Minister of Solidarity-Based Future |url=https://www.gov.si/en/state-authorities/ministries/ministry-of-solidarity-based-future/about-the-ministry/simon-maljevac/ |publisher=Government of Slovenia |access-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328120147/https://www.gov.si/en/state-authorities/ministries/ministry-of-solidarity-based-future/about-the-ministry/simon-maljevac/ |archive-date=28 March 2023}}{{cite web |title=Predstavitev kandidatov 2018 |url=https://www.levica.si/levica-predstavitev-kandidatov/ |publisher=The Left |access-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522200131/https://www.levica.si/levica-predstavitev-kandidatov/ |archive-date=22 May 2022 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}} He has a degree in sociology from the University of Ljubljana (2012). Maljevac is homosexual.{{cite news |last1=Trampuš |first1=Jure |title=Prvi minister, ki je odkrito gej |url=https://www.mladina.si/216428/prvi-minister-ki-je-odkrito-gej/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Mladina |date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111133238/https://www.mladina.si/216428/prvi-minister-ki-je-odkrito-gej/ |archive-date=11 January 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}{{cite news |title=Slovenija bo dobila prvega ODKRITEGA gej ministra |url=https://www.metropolitan.si/novice/slovenija/slovenija-bo-dobila-prvega-ministra-ki-je-odkrito-gej/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Metro Novice |date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524002627/https://www.metropolitan.si/novice/slovenija/slovenija-bo-dobila-prvega-ministra-ki-je-odkrito-gej/ |archive-date=24 May 2022 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}
Career
Maljevac worked for communications engineering agency Directa and Legebitra, a LGBT NGO. During his tenure as head of Legebitra from 2007 to 2017 the organisation became the largest LGBT group in Slovenia.{{cite news |last1=Weiss |first1=Monika |title=Simon Maljevac / »Najem stanovanja je čisto legitimna izbira in nikakor ne pomeni, da si kaj manj dosegel v življenju, če ga nimaš v lasti« |url=https://www.mladina.si/223105/simon-maljevac-najem-stanovanja-je-cisto-legitimna-izbira-in-nikakor-ne-pomeni-da-si-kaj-manj-d/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Mladina |date=3 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602224854/https://www.mladina.si/223105/simon-maljevac-najem-stanovanja-je-cisto-legitimna-izbira-in-nikakor-ne-pomeni-da-si-kaj-manj-d/ |archive-date=2 June 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}} He was the Slovenian representative in the EU Network group of ILGA-Europe in 2006 and president of IGLYO from 2007 to 2009.{{cite news |title=Kandidata Levice za ministra za kulturo in delo sta Asta Vrečko in Simon Maljevac |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042989232 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Dnevnik |agency=Slovenian Press Agency |date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008183558/https://www.dnevnik.si/1042989232 |archive-date=8 October 2022 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}} He and Nika Kovač founded the Inštitut 8. marec in 2016. He was head of the monitoring, awareness-raising and prevention department at the Advocate of the Principle of Equality (Zagovornik načela enakosti) from 2017 to 2018. He has also worked with the Ministry of Health, The Peace Institute, and the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities on several projects. Maljevac was also editor-in-chief of the Narobe magazine. He has also been an academic and co-authored several scientific papers.
Maljevac was one of the leading members of the "Čas je ZA" group which campaigned for a yes vote during the unsuccessful 2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum.{{cite news |last1=Kuhar |first1=Roman |title=Nika Kovač in Simon Maljevac: Bil je čas ZA |url=https://narobe.si/nika-kovac-in-simon-maljevac-bil-je-cas-za/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Narobe |date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518001624/https://narobe.si/nika-kovac-in-simon-maljevac-bil-je-cas-za/ |archive-date=18 May 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}} After the referendum he joined The Left as he claimed that it was the only party that fully supported amending the Family Code. He was the general-secretary of The Left from 2018 to 2022.{{cite news |last1=Eržen |first1=Barbara |last2=Kos |first2=Suzana |title=Levica prva v vrsti menjav generalnih sekretarjev |url=https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/levica-prva-v-vrsti-menjav-generalnih-sekretarjev/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Delo |date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008173227/https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/levica-prva-v-vrsti-menjav-generalnih-sekretarjev/ |archive-date=8 October 2022 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}} At the 2018 Slovenian parliamentary election Maljevac was a The Left candidate in Kranj but was not elected.{{cite web |title=Early election to the National Assembly 2018: Election Results - By Electoral Districts |url=https://www.dvk-rs.si/arhivi/dz2018/en/#/rezultati |publisher=State Election Commission |access-date=28 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203011042/https://www.dvk-rs.si/arhivi/dz2018/en/#/rezultati |archive-date=3 December 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia}} At the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election he was a The Left candidate in Celje but was again not elected.{{cite web |title=Election to the National Assembly 2022: Election Results - By Electoral Districts |url=https://www.dvk-rs.si/arhivi/dz2022/en/#/rezultati |publisher=State Election Commission |access-date=28 April 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia}}
Following the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election The Left became a junior partner in the government of Prime Minister Robert Golob. Maljevac was a candidate to be Minister of Labor, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities but the post was instead given to Luka Mesec.{{cite news |title=Zadnji ministrski kandidati so Asta Vrečko, Simon Maljevac (oba Levica) in Irena Šinko (GS) |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/zadnji-ministrski-kandidati-so-asta-vrecko-simon-maljevac-oba-levica-in-irena-sinko-gs/627685 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Multimedijski center RTV Slovenija |publisher=Radiotelevizija Slovenija |date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127075840/https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/zadnji-ministrski-kandidati-so-asta-vrecko-simon-maljevac-oba-levica-in-irena-sinko-gs/627685 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}} It had been intended that Mesec would head the newly created Ministry for a Solidary Future but this was abandoned after the far-right Slovenian Democratic Party threatened to submit the creation of the new ministry to a national referendum.{{cite news |title=Svet Levice potrdil: Kandidat za ministra za solidarno prihodnost je Maljevac |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/svet-levice-potrdil-kandidat-za-ministra-za-solidarno-prihodnost-je-maljevac/649573 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Multimedijski center RTV Slovenija |publisher=Radiotelevizija Slovenija |date=2 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114164142/https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/svet-levice-potrdil-kandidat-za-ministra-za-solidarno-prihodnost-je-maljevac/649573 |archive-date=14 January 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}} Maljevac was instead appointed State Secretary with responsibility for equal opportunities, family, disabled persons, older people and deinstitutionalisation at the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.{{cite news |title=Po napadu na Niko Kovač: policija razkrila več informacij #video |url=https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/po-politicnem-napadu-na-niko-kovac-policija-se-brez-informacij-590884 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Siol |publisher=TSmedia |date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212150225/https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/po-politicnem-napadu-na-niko-kovac-policija-se-brez-informacij-590884 |archive-date=12 February 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}} In January 2023 he was promoted to Minister of Solidarity-Based Future of Slovenia.{{cite news |last1=Bešter |first1=Saša |title=Minister za solidarno prihodnost Simon Maljevac: »Slovenci smo solidarni!« |url=https://www.domzalske-novice.si/2023/11/18/minister-za-solidarno-prihodnost-simon-maljevac-slovenci-smo-solidarni/ |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=Domžalske novice |date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201075741/https://www.domzalske-novice.si/2023/11/18/minister-za-solidarno-prihodnost-simon-maljevac-slovenci-smo-solidarni/ |archive-date=1 December 2023 |location=Domžale, Slovenia |language=sl}}{{cite news |title=DZ s 55 glasovi potrdil listo ministrskih kandidatov |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/dz-s-55-glasovi-potrdil-listo-ministrskih-kandidatov/655412 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Multimedijski center RTV Slovenija |publisher=Radiotelevizija Slovenija |date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324105707/https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/dz-s-55-glasovi-potrdil-listo-ministrskih-kandidatov/655412 |archive-date=24 March 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}
Personal life
Maljevac lives with his partner, academic Roman Kuhar, in Šenčur.
Electoral history
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|+ Electoral history of Simon Maljevac ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col|Electoral District ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col|Votes ! scope=col|Result | ||||||
| 2018 parliamentary | Kranj | Kranj 2 | {{party color cell|The Left (Slovenia)}} | The Left | align=right|1,141 | Not elected |
| 2022 parliamentary | Celje | Celje 2 | {{party color cell|The Left (Slovenia)}} | The Left | align=right|814 | Not elected |
Works
- {{cite book |last1=Maljevac |first1=Simon |last2=Kuhar |first2=Roman |last3=Šalamon |first3=Neža Kogovšek |last4=Humer |first4=Živa |title=Obrazi homofobije |date=2011 |publisher=Mirovni inštitut |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |url=https://www.mirovni-institut.si/en/publications/obrazi-homofobije-the-faces-of-homophobia/ |language=sl |trans-title=The Faces of Homophobia |name-list-style=amp |author-mask=2 |isbn=978-961-6455-66-4}}
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