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Danilo Türk

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Danilo Türk (pronounced [daˈníːlɔ ˈtýɾk]; born 19 February 1952) is a Slovenian diplomat, professor of international law, human rights expert, and political figure who served as President of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012. He was the first Slovene ambassador to the United Nations, from 1992 to 2000, and was the UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs from 2000 to 2005. Türk is a visiting professor of international law at Columbia University in New York City, a professor emeritus at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana, and non-resident senior fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial studies at Renmin University of China in Beijing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danilo Türk has received more than 206,647 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Danilo Türk is the 5,832nd most popular politician (up from 6,321st in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 26th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Slovene Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Danilo Türk ranks 5,832 out of 19,576Before him are George I of Bulgaria, Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah, Géza Lakatos, Camille Chamoun, Dino Grandi, and Guðni Th. Jóhannesson. After him are María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Rahmon Nabiyev, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, Joaquín Balaguer, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Ranil Wickremesinghe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Danilo Türk ranks 92Before him are Mary McDonnell, Lee Soo-man, Haider al-Abadi, Amir Peretz, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, and Frances Fisher. After him are John Lone, Eric Adams, Verónica Castro, Álvaro Uribe, László Tőkés, and Liz Mitchell.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Danilo Türk ranks 29 out of 340Before him are Janez Janša (1958), Borut Pahor (1963), Primož Trubar (1508), Jacobus Gallus (1550), Ulrich II, Count of Celje (1406), and Branko Oblak (1947). After him are Margit Korondi (1932), Anton Ažbe (1862), Alma Karlin (1889), Anton Korošec (1872), Nino Benvenuti (1938), and Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641).

Among POLITICIANS In Slovenia

Among politicians born in Slovenia, Danilo Türk ranks 10Before him are Janez Drnovšek (1950), Aleksander Čeferin (1967), Hermann II, Count of Celje (1361), Arkan (1952), Janez Janša (1958), and Borut Pahor (1963). After him are Anton Korošec (1872), Robert Golob (1967), Sergej Kraigher (1914), Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (1929), Nataša Pirc Musar (1968), and Lojze Peterle (1948).