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	dr. Ljubica Jelušič

Dr Ljubica Jelušič

 Ljubica Jelušič, was born on 16 June 1960 in Koper. In 1985 she graduated cum laude in international relations and defence studies at the then Faculty of Sociology, Political Sciences and Journalism. She earned her MSc within the framework of the '2000 new researchers' project and her PhD in defence studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana. She completed her post-doctoral studies in military sociology at the Royal Military Academy in Belgium between 1993 and 1994.

She has been employed at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana since 1985 – first as a researcher, then as an Assistant and Associate Professor. She has been Full Professor for Defence Studies since 2005. She has co-operated with the Slovenian Armed Forces on military development and training at the level of senior and general staff. At the Faculty of Social Sciences she was Vice-Dean for Research, Head of the Defence Studies Department and a member of the Faculty's Senate. As a researcher at the Defence Research Centre she headed several basic and applied research projects in the areas of civil-military relations, defence restructuring, peacekeeping and the role and management of human factor in the army.

She led the international research working group of the A10 project within COST at the European Commission. She is Executive Secretary of the RC01 Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution at the ISA and a member of the international Advisory Board of the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control over the Armed Forces (DCAF). She heads the working group Warriors in Peacekeeping at the European Research Group on Military and Society ERGOMAS. She is a member of the social research panel Human and Societal Dynamics within the NATO Science for Peace programme. When she was a student of defence studies she completed her military service and acquired the rank of Second Lieutenant.

State Secretary

	Uroš Krek

Uroš Krek, MSc

Uroš Krek was born on 30 August 1966. In 1991 he graduated from defence studies at the then Faculty of Sociology, Political Science and Journalism (FSPN) in Ljubljana. He was educated in the United States of America, completing in 1996 a senior defence resourse planning course at the Naval Postgraduate School, in 1999; a senior executive course at the George Marshall Center in the Federal Republic of Germany; and in 2001 he obtained his master's degree in national security from the National Defence University in the USA. He has been a doctoral candidate in strategic planning since 2007.

Between 1991 and 1993, he was employed at the Ministry of Defence, where he worked as an adviser and headed the Department for Territorial Defence Organisation. He participated in the 1991 war for independence. Between 1993 and 1995, he was head of the Territorial Defence Development Department; between 1995 and 1997 he was director of the Department for Development; between 1997 and 1999 director of the Department for Armaments, and then a coordinator for the NATO membership Action Plan. In 2001, he became director of the Defence Policy Department, and between 2003 and 2005 he worked as acting Director-General of the Directorate of Defence Policy. In 2005, he was employed as an advisor for defence preparation at the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology where, between 2006 and 2008, he also worked as a coordinator for Slovenia's EU Presidency.

He has gained considerable professional experience as deputy chair of Slovenia's NATO membership negotiation team, head of the working group for NATO membership at the Ministry of Defence, and head of the group for strategic defence review. He also served as chairman of a government commission for the control of arms exports, and held strategy courses at the general staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF). Mr Krek has a rank a Lieutenant Colonel in reserve, and has also received a number of decorations, including the Order of the Slovenian Armed Forces, and the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals of the Slovenian Armed Forces.

Organisation

Minister:

Dr Ljubica Jelušič

Phone: +386 1 471 23 73

fax: +386 1 431 91 45

e-mail: ljubica.jelusic[@]mors.si

State Secretary:

Uroš Krek, MSc

Phone: +386 1 471 23 73

fax: +386 1 471 19 78

e-mail: uros.krek[@]mors.si 

Minister's Office

Head of the Office: Miloš Bizjak

Phone: + 386 1 471 19 25

fax: +386 1 471 19 78

e-mail: milos.bizjak[@]gov.si

Coordination of Activities between the  Ministry and the Government: 

Miran Bogataj

Phone: +386 1 431 91 95

fax: +386 1 431 83 00

e-mail: miran.bogataj[@]gov.si

Public Relations Service:

Head: Aleš Sila

Phone: + 386 1 471 21 78

fax: +386 1 431 12 42

e-mail: soj[@]mors.si

Protocol Service:

Head: Major Matjaž Žirovnik

Phone: + 386 1 230 52 30, fax: +386 1 471 17 29

Internal Auditing Service

Vojkova c. 55, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 471 29 72, fax: +386 1 471 27 93

Intelligence and Security Service

Vojkova cesta 55, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 471 13 00, fax: +386 1 431 90 13

Director-General: Dr Damir Črnčec

e-mail: damir.crncec[@]mors.si

Secretariat-General

Secretary-General: Mojca Ferjančič Podbregar, MSc

Vojkova c. 55, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 471 16 26

fax: +386 1 471 29 79

e-mail: mojca.ferjancic.podbregar[@]mors.si

Human Resources Management Office

Vojkova c. 55, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 471 21 28

fax: +386 1 471 21 17 

Legal Service

Vojkova c. 55, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 471 23 97

fax: +386 1 471 16 95

General Affairs Service

Vojkova c. 59, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 471 23 93

fax: +386 1 471 27 85

Publishing Service

Vojkova c. 59, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 471 25 02

fax: +386 1 471 27 20

Finance Sector

Vojkova c. 59, Ljubljana

Phone: + 386 1 471 19 44

fax: +386 1 471 24 68

Accounting Service

Vojkova 74, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 471 24 51

fax: +386 1 471 24 52

Directorates 

Defence Policy Directorate

Director-General: Primož Šavc

Vojkova c. 55, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 471 24 18

fax: +386 1 471 23 56

e-mail: primoz.savc[@]mors.si

Defence Affairs Directorate

Acting Director-General: Rolando Žel

Vojkova c. 55, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: + 386 1 471 19 88

fax: +386 1 471 19 74

e-mail: rolando.zel[@]mors.si

Logistics Directorate

Director-General: Igor Nered

Vojkova c. 59, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: + 386 1 471 25 46

fax: +386 1 471 24 23

e-mail: igor.nered[@]mors.si 

Main Areas of Activity

The Ministry of Defence carries out administrative and professional tasks related to the national defence plan; development, organisation, equipment, functioning, and command and control of the Slovenian Armed Forces; preparation of civil defence; administrative communications and cryptographic protection within the defence system; military schools; organisation, preparation and implementation of the system for civil protection and disaster relief, and rights and duties of citizens with respect to defence, civil protection and disaster relief.

Bodies affiliated to the Ministry

General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces

Chief of General Staff: Major-General Alojz Šteiner

Vojkova c. 55, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 471 22 11

fax: +386 1 471 16 50

Internet: http://www.slovenskavojska.si/index_eng.htm http://www.slovenskavojska.si/ 

E-mail: glavna.pisarna.gssv[@]mors.si, alojz.steiner[@]mors.si

The General Staff is the highest professional military body in the RS, performing professional military tasks related to the activities and development of the Slovenian Armed Forces in peace and in war. It commands and controls the SAF at the strategic level. Under its authority are commands of the Armed Forces, the command of the units and institutes linked to the General Staff.

Force Command

Ivan Cankar Barracks in Vrhnika

Raskovec 50, 1360 Vrhnika

Commander of the Force Command: Brigadier Alan Geder

Phone: +386 1 759 42 42

fax: +386 1 759 43 59

Administration of the RS for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief

Director General: Boris Balant

Vojkova c. 61, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 471 33 22

fax: +386 1 471 81 17

E-mail: urszr[@]urszr.si, boris.balant[@]mors.si

The Administration of the RS for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief performs administrative and professional tasks related to the organisation, preparation and operation of the system of protection against natural and other disasters; provision of assistance to local communities affected; monitoring, notification and warning; the communications and information system; assessment of damage caused by natural and other disasters; protection against fire and the provision of general rescue services; organisation and operation of civil protection, and preparations for and the functioning of the Civil Protection Headquarters of the RS; preparation and implementation of national programmes for protection against natural and other disasters; disaster relief, and post-disaster remediation and reconstruction.

Defence Inspectorate of the RS

Chief Defence Inspector: Zoran Klemenčič

Vojkova c. 55, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 471 80 27

fax: +386 1 431 80 32

E-mail: zoran.klemencic[@]mors.si

The Defence Inspectorate supervises the implementation of regulations and other acts governing the defence sector.

Inspectorate of the RS for Protection against Natural and Other Disasters

Chief Inspector: Milivoj Dolščak

Vojkova c. 61, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 230 53 68

fax: +386 1 471 20 41

E-mail: irsvndn[@]mors.si, milivoj.dolscak[@]mors.si

The Inspectorate of the RS for Protection against Natural and other Disasters has 13 branches: Celje, Radovljica, Koper, Ljubljana, Maribor, Murska Sobota, Nova Gorica, Novo mesto, Krško, Postojna, Ptuj, Slovenj Gradec and Trbovlje.

The Inspectorate ensures the unified enforcement of regulations and carries out inspection supervision for the enforcement of regulations on protection against natural and other disasters.