Ivan Oman, a key independence figure, dies

Ljubljana, 18 August - Ivan Oman, one of the key players of Slovenia's independence has died aged 89. In the late 1980s he played an important role in the establishment of DEMOS, a coalition of newly-emerged centre-right parties that won the first multi-party election in Slovenia and paved the way for its breakaway from the former Yugoslavia.

Ljubljana
Ivan Oman.
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