Andrej Benedejčič is a Slovenian diplomat, currently serving as the Permanent Representative

Permanent Representative

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 of the Republic of Slovenia on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

He was Director-General

Director-general

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 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, responsible for multilateral political relations and global issues from 2009 to 2011.

From 2005 to 2008 he was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia to the Russian Federation in Moscow

Moscow

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He was foreign policy advisor to the late Slovenian statesman Janez Drnovšek

Janez Drnovšek

Janez Drnovšek was a Slovenian liberal politician, President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia , Prime Minister of Slovenia and President of Slovenia . He was born in Celje, Slovenia, then the Socialist Republic of Slovenia...

 in the Office of the Prime Minister of Slovenia

Prime Minister of Slovenia

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 from 2001 to 2002 and in the Office of the President of Slovenia

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 from 2003 to 2004.

His wife's name is Minca and they have a daughter, Živa, born in August 2006 in Moscow

Moscow

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. His cousin is the Slovenian football midfielder Igor Benedejčič

Igor Benedejcic

Igor Benedejčič is a retired Slovenian football midfielder.Benedejčič was capped for the Slovenian national team.He scored the first ever goal for the Slovenian national team....

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He was awarded the Cyril and Methodius Prize by Patriarch Alexius II

Patriarch Alexius II

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 of the Russian Orthodox Church

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From 2005 to 2008, he also served as Slovenia's non-resident ambassador to Belarus

Belarus

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, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

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, Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

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, Tajikistan

Tajikistan

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, Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

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 and Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

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