Minister Dr. Vasko Simoniti 

email: vasko.simoniti(at)gov.si
tel.: (01) 369 59 15
Date and place of birth: 23.3.1951, Ljubljana
 

The Minister holds a doctorate in historical science and is a regular professor of History of the Middle Ages at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana and is an author of numerous scientific and expert works in the area of early new-era history.   In treaties and essays he was also concerned with a position of a historian in relation to history and with problems in Slovene historiography, and in recent years he has also prominently delved into the area of 20th century Slovene history. His last book, published in Ljubljana (in 2003) is entitled Fanfare nasilja, his last book, published in Zagreb (in 2004), was co-written with Peter Štih and is entitled Slovenska povjest do prosvetiteljstva. 

The Minister was, in previous years, also active in public political life and was a head of the presidential candidate election campaign for 2002. In 2003, he was one of the initiators of the civil initiative ‘Something Must Be Done’ and was a member of the main committee for Nato. Since 2004, he has been a member of the Presidency Assembly for the Republic and a member of the Expert Council of the Slovene Democratic Party responsible for culture.

Main works:

• Turki so v deželi že, Turški vpadi na slovensko ozemlje v 15. in 16. stoletju, Celje 1990, 210 pages. (2nd  issue  1996),
• Vojaška organizacija v 16. stoletju na Slovenskem, Ljubljana 1991, 311 pages.,
• Slovenska zgodovina do razsvetljenstva, Ljubljana - Celovec 1995, pages 153-253 (together with P. Štihom),
• Temna stran meseca (Kratka zgodovina totalitarizma v Sloveniji 1945-1990),
• An exhibition in a New History Museum, November 1998, January 1999 (co-author),
• Fanfare nasilja, Ljubljana 2003,
• Slovenska povjest do prosvetiteljstva, Zagreb 2004 (together with P. Štihom).

State Secretary Dr. Jelka Pirkovič

email: jelka.pirkovic(at)gov.si
tel.: +386 1 369 59 89
Date and place of birth: 26.3.1948, Beograd
 
Education:

• Doctorate in Conservatism, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, 1992
• Masters in Art History, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, 1978
• Degree in Art History as a major and English language and literatiure as minor, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, 1973

Employment: 

• Ministry for Culture, State Secretary, 2004
• Ministry for Culture, State Deputy Secretary, 2001-2004
• Ministry for Culture, Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Cultural Heritage, Advisor to the government, 1995
• Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for the Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage, Director, 1991-1995, Head of the Department for Cultural Heritage, 1988-1991, independent advisor for art heritage, 1985-1988
• Town Planning Institute, independent researcher, 1978-1985

Working areas:

• President of the Election Committee for Cultural Heritage of the Council of Europe (CD PAT), 2004
• Deputy President of the Election Committee for Cultural Heritage of the Council of Europe (CD PAT), 2002-2004
• Member of Biro Committee for Cultural Heritage (CC-PAT) Council of Europe , 2001
• member of the Europe Nostre Council, European federation of non-governmental organisations in the area of the protection of cultural and natural heritage, 2000
• Expert at various activities and projects of the Council of Europe in the area of the protection of cultural heritage (recommendations and other standards texts, heritage occupations, heritage policy - project Herein), 1995
• Head of the Slovene delegation in CC-PAT, 1993
• active participation in various international forums and convergences including Strasbourgu l. 2003, Krakow l. 2001 (Central Europe - New dimensions of heritage), Prague l. 2000 (Europa Nostra Forum), Aalesund in Norway l. 1998 (Jugendstil - Art Nouveau), at the University in York l. 1998 (Architectural  Decoration 1900) and Krakow 1991 (CSCE Symposium on the Cultural Heritage in Europe)
• Member of ICOMOS, 1986
• Member of the Slovene Conservatory Society, 1985
• Member of the Slovene History of Art Society, 1973

Important publications:

• Complete Preservation of Settlement Heritage (to be published)
• The Ljubljanica River Phenomenon and its Protection (co-author), Mediterranean, Protection of Cultural and Environmental Heritages, Vol. 3, Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritages, Naples 2004
• New Council of Europe's Framework Convention on Cultural Heritage - or How to Give Value to the Common European Heritage, Heritage and the Building of Europe, Berlin 2004
• Cultural Heritage in Today's Europe: Slovenia's Viewpoint, European Cultural Heritage Review, 2004
• Architectural Heritage of the Nineteenth Century - Revisited, International conference "Central Europe - New Dimensions of Heritage" proceedings, International Cultural Centre, Krakow 2003
• 20. C 20th Century: arhitektura od moderne do sodobne (co-author), Ljubljana 2001
• Medieval Cities (co-author), Ljubljana 1999
• morphological analysis of cities and Slovene history of art, research of cultural creativity in Slovenia, Ljubljana 1999
• Succession Architecture in Slovenia (co-author), Ljubljana 1998
• Ljubljana en Slovenie: Les architectes - urbanistes et la morphologie urbaine, ICOMOS - France: Bulletin de liaison, 1996
• Fundamental concepts and scheme for the protection of monuments in Slovenia, Ljubljana 1993