Marjan Šarec
Marjan Šarec | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Slovenia | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister of Slovenia | |
| In office 13 September 2018 – 13 March 2020 | |
| President | Borut Pahor |
| Deputy | Miro Cerar Alenka Bratušek Karl Erjavec Jernej Pikalo Andrej Bertoncelj |
| Preceded by | Miro Cerar |
| Succeeded by | Janez Janša |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 1 June 2022 – 16 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Golob |
| Preceded by | Matej Tonin |
| Succeeded by | Robert Golob (Acting) |
| President of the List of Marjan Šarec | |
| In office 31 May 2014 – 27 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 December 1977 Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) |
| Political party | List of Marjan Šarec (2014–2022) Freedom Movement (2022–present) |
| Education | Academy of theatre, radio, film and television Ljubljana |
| Website | Official website |
Marjan Šarec (born 2 December 1977) is a Slovenian politician, actor and comedian who served as Prime Minister of Slovenia from 2018 to 2020. He also served as the Minister of Defence in the government of Prime Minister Robert Golob from June 2022 to July 2024 when he was elected to the European Parliament.
He started his career as a comedian and satirist before entering politics. Elected twice as Mayor of Kamnik (2010–2018), Šarec ran in the 2017 presidential election, narrowly losing to the incumbent Borut Pahor in the run-off. He entered the National Assembly in the parliamentary election of 2018 with his party, the List of Marjan Šarec. On 17 August 2018, he became Prime Minister of Slovenia. On 27 January 2020 he announced his resignation as Prime Minister.