Andreja Katič Explained

Andreja Katič
Office:Minister of Justice
Primeminister:Robert Golob
Term Start1:13 September 2018
Term End1:13 March 2020
Term Start:5 March 2024
Predecessor:Dominika Švarc Pipan
Primeminister1:Marjan Šarec
Predecessor1:Goran Klemenčič
Successor1:Lilijana Kozlovič
Office2:Minister of Defence
Primeminister2:Miro Cerar
Term Start2:13 May 2015
Term End2:13 September 2018
Predecessor2:Janko Veber
Successor2:Karl Erjavec
Birth Date:22 December 1969
Birth Place:Slovenj Gradec, Yugoslavia
Party:Social Democrats
Alma Mater:University of Maribor

Andreja Katič (born December 22, 1969, in Slovenj Gradec) is the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia in 2024.

Katič graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Maribor in 1996.[1]

Katič entered politics in 2014, serving as a member of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development for one year.[2]

She then served as Defence minister from 2015 to 2018. On February 3, 2016 she approved the deployment of Slovenian troops in the Kurdish city of Erbil (Iraq), as part of international Military intervention against ISIL.[3]

She served as Minister of Justice from September 2018 to March 2020 under Prime Minister Marjan Šarec. In March 2024 she was again appointed as the Minister of Justice of the RS.[4]

After her first term as Minister of Justice, she became President of the SAŠA Regional Development Council in 2020;[5] she is also the chair of the Women’s Forum and children's rights commissioner for Unicef’s Velenje project.

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  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20180501160934/http://www.vlada.si/en/about_the_government/ministries/ministry_of_defence/minister_of_defence/ Republic of Slovenia website, Minister of Defence (archived)
  2. https://pace.coe.int/en/members/7280/Katic Parliamentary Assembly website,Ms Andreja Katič (Slovenia, SOC)
  3. Web site: Slovenia sending troops to Iraq. MMC RTVSLO. 3 February 2016.
  4. https://sloveniatimes.com/40288/andreja-katic-returns-as-justice-minister Slovenia Times website, Andreja Katič returns as justice minister, article dated March 5, 2024
  5. https://www.gov.si/en/state-authorities/ministries/ministry-of-justice/about-the-ministry-of-justice/ministers-office/andreja-katic/ Slovenia Government website, Andreja Katič