Emilija Stojmenova Duh
Emilija Stojmenova Duh | |
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.jpg) Stojmenova Duh in 2022 | |
| Minister for Digital Transformation | |
| Assumed office 1 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Boris Andrijanič |
| Member of the Strategic Council for Digitization | |
| In office 10 April 2021 – 7 June 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emilija Stojmenova Duh 25 December 1985 Vinica, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | politician, electrical engineer, scientist |
Emilija Stojmenova Duh (born 25 December 1985) is a Macedonian-Slovenian electrical engineer and politician. She is the current minister for digital transformation of the Republic of Slovenia.[1]
Youth and education
[edit]She was born in Vinica, Macedonia, and moved to Maribor in 2002, when she received a scholarship from the Ad Futura agency for schooling as part of the International Baccalaureate, which was implemented by the II. Maribor high school. She completed her studies at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Informatics.[2] She completed her doctoral studies in 2013.[3][4]
Career
[edit]After graduation, she started working as a young researcher at Iskratel. After completing her doctoral studies, she got a job at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Ljubljana, where she is currently an associate professor at the Department of Information and Communication Technologies. There, she also led the digital junction 4PDIH, a partnership between the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and the Community of Municipalities of Slovenia, which raises awareness of the importance of digitization.
Between 2014 and 2016, she was the head of Demol Slovenia, part of the Demol international network. From February 2018 to October 2019, she was the executive director of the Digital Innovation Junction of Slovenia. She was a member of the board of directors of the Public Research Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, and is currently a member of the expert council of the Employment Agency of the Republic of Slovenia.[5]
She was a finalist in the Engineer of the Year 2018 selection and nominated for Slovene Woman of the Year 2021.[6]
Politics
[edit]Digitalization Strategy Council
[edit]On 10 April 2021 she was appointed as a member of the Prime Minister's new consultative body, namely the Strategic Council for Digitization, headed by Mark Boris Andrijanič.[7] She later resigned from the council on 7 June 2021, citing wasted opportunities to finance development projects.[8]
Candidacy in the 2022 National Assembly elections
[edit]Stojmenova Duh also ran in 2022 National Assembly elections, she appeared on the list of Social Democrats, namely in Maribor in the 7th electoral unit. She switched to the Freedom Movement in September 2022.[9][10]
Minister for Digital Transformation
[edit]From 1 June 2022, in the 15th Slovenian government under the leadership of Robert Golob, she is the Minister for Digital Transformation.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "dr. Emilija Stojmenova Duh, ministrica brez resorja, pristojna za digitalno preobrazbo | GOV.SI". Portal GOV.SI.
- ^ ""Študij elektrotehnike ponuja ženskam boljše službe in bolj kakovostno življenje"". RTVSLO.si.
- ^ "izr. prof. dr. Emilija Stojmenova Duh – LTFE LMMFE – Laboratorij za telekomunikacije in Laboratorij za Multimedijo na Fakulteti za elektrotehniko, Univerza v Ljubljani".
- ^ Maribor, IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti. "User-centred design for multiscreen e-health applications for elderly people : doctoral thesis :: COBISS+". plus.cobiss.net.
- ^ "dr. Emilija Stojmenova Duh". November 10, 2021.
- ^ "Kandidatke za Slovenko leta 2021". Revija Jana.
- ^ "Ustanovljen Strateški svet za digitalizacijo, vodi ga Mark Boris Andrijanič". RTVSLO.si.
- ^ "Emilija Stojmenova Duh odstopila iz Strateškega sveta za digitalizacijo". N1. June 7, 2021.
- ^ "SD: kandidati za poslance in poslanke (seznam)". N1. March 22, 2022.
- ^ "Kandidatka za ministrico za digitalno preobrazbo je Emilija Stojmenova Duh". N1. May 12, 2022.
- ^ "Vsak dan prvi - 24ur.com". www.24ur.com.
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