Milan Kučan, born 1941, holds the distinction of being the first President of Slovenia, serving from 1991 to 2002. Born into a Slovene family in the village of Križevci, Kučan’s early life was marked by the turmoil of World War II. His father, a communist partisan, was killed by Nazi-aligned forces, and Kučan himself was interned in a concentration camp for a brief period. Following the...
The Founding Father and The First President of Slovenia
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