Janez Drnovsek, the Tehnocrat Prime Minister

Ljubljana, 23 February - Having led four governments between 1992 and 2002 with a brief intermission in 2000, Former President Janez Drnovsek, who died on Saturday aged 57, was the longest-serving Slovenian prime minister. He steered Slovenia through the transition to a market economy and towards the EU and NATO.

Zaplana Jasa Drnovsek, the son of the deceased former Slovenian president Janez Drnovsek, in front of Drnovsek's house. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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Jasa Drnovsek, the son of the deceased former Slovenian president Janez Drnovsek, in front of Drnovsek's house.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Zaplana Jasa Drnovsek, the son of the deceased former Slovenian president Janez Drnovsek, in front of Drnovsek's house. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Zaplana
Jasa Drnovsek, the son of the deceased former Slovenian president Janez Drnovsek, in front of Drnovsek's house.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Zaplana The house of the deceased Former President Janez Drnovsek. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Zaplana
The house of the deceased Former President Janez Drnovsek.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Zaplana Jasa Drnovsek, the son of the deceased former Slovenian president Janez Drnovsek and the president's sister Helena Drnovsek Zorko at Drnovsek's house. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Zaplana
Jasa Drnovsek, the son of the deceased former Slovenian president Janez Drnovsek and the president's sister Helena Drnovsek Zorko at Drnovsek's house.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Zaplana The house of the deceased Former President Janez Drnovsek. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Zaplana
The house of the deceased Former President Janez Drnovsek.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Zaplana The house of the deceased Former President Janez Drnovsek. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Zaplana
The house of the deceased Former President Janez Drnovsek.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Zaplana The house of the deceased Former President Janez Drnovsek. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Zaplana
The house of the deceased Former President Janez Drnovsek.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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