Mitja Gaspari, from Technocrat to Politician

Ljubljana, 21 October - Mitja Gaspari, 55, is best known in financial circles, having served as finance minister in successive governments of Janez Drnovsek and central bank governor for five years until the spring of this year, where he earned high marks for his role in the introduction of the euro.

Ljubljana. Presidential candidate Mitja Gaspari at the press centre at conference centre Cankarjev dom after the first-round presidential election. Photo: Domen Grögl/STA

Ljubljana.
Presidential candidate Mitja Gaspari at the press centre at conference centre Cankarjev dom after the first-round presidential election.
Photo: Domen Grögl/STA

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