Ludvik Toplak
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Born | Ludvik Toplak July 13, 1942 Mostje, Slovenia |
Education | PhD, LL.M., Law Degree |
Alma mater | University of Ljubljana, University of Novi Sad |
Occupation | Law professor, Ambassador, Politician, President of University |
Ludvik Toplak (born July 13, 1942) is a Slovenian law professor and academic administrator, and former politician, ambassador, and member of the Parliament. He is vice-president of the Alma Mater Europaea and former rector of the University of Maribor. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.[1]
Toplak taught at the University of Maribor Faculty of Law since 1973. In 1974 he received LL.M. from New York University and in 1980 he received PhD. His post-doctoral research was done at various universities and institutions worldwide, including State University of New York at Potsdam, New York. Between 1980 and 1987 he was Vice-President of Iskra Delta Computers corporation. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he was active in the democratization and independence movement in Slovenia add was a signatory of the declaration of independence of Slovenia from post-Tito Yugoslavia. He was member of the pro-democracy coalition Demos and of Slovenian People's Party. In 1990 he was elected to the Slovenian Parliament and during Slovenia's independence he served as the speaker of the Socio-Political Chamber of the Slovenian Parliament. In 1992 he was reelected to the Parliament, but resigned in 1993 after being elected a rector of the University of Maribor. From 2002 to 2006 he was an Ambassador to the Vatican.
After serving as speaker of the Socio-Political Chamber of the Slovenian Parliament (1999–1992), as a member of the Parliament (1992–1993), as a rector of the University of Maribor (1993–2002), and as an Ambassador to the Holy See (2002–2006), he is currently the vice-president of Alma Mater Europaea international university and president of its Slovenian campus called Alma Mater Europaea - Evropski center, Maribor.
Ludvik Toplak served as a member of the presidency of the European Rectors' Conference and as a president of the Danube Rectors' Conference. He also served as a governor of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Slovenia. In 2000 he was awarded the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia in Science award. Ludvik Toplak is a father of the law professor Jurij Toplak and the lawyer Barbara Toplak.
References[]
- ^ Prof. Dr. Ludvik Toplak. European Academy of Science. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Slovenian politicians
- University of Maribor faculty
- Slovenian lawyers
- Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Ambassadors of Slovenia to the Holy See
- State University of New York at Potsdam alumni
- People from the Municipality of Juršinci