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{{Short description|Slovenian diplomat and politician}}
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| name = Janez Lenarčič
| image = Hearing of Janez Lenarčič (Slovenia) - Crisis management (48833246092) (cropped).jpg
| office = [[European Commissioner for Crisis Management]]
| president = [[Ursula von der Leyen]]
| term_start = 1 December 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Christos Stylianides]] {{small|(Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management)}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|6}}
| birth_place = [[Ljubljana]], [[SR Slovenia]], [[SFR Yugoslavia]]<br>{{small|(now [[Slovenia]])}}
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| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| education = [[University of Ljubljana]]
| caption = Lenarčič in 2019
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'''Janez Lenarčič''' (born 6 November 1967) is a [[Slovenia]]n [[diplomat]] who has been serving as [[European Commissioner for Crisis Management]] in the [[Von der Leyen Commission]] since 2019. He is a former Director of the [[Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights]] within the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]].
 
==Early life and education==
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[[File:Hearing of Janez Lenarčič (Slovenia) - Crisis management (48833076956).jpg|thumb|Lenarčič appears before the [[European Parliament]] in 2019 for his confirmation hearing as [[European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management|European Commissioner for Crisis Management]]]]
| name = Janez Lenarčič
Lenarčič holds a degree in international law from the [[University of Ljubljana]], 1992.<ref name=EC>[https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/janez-lenarcic-cv.pdf European Commission, CV]</ref><ref name=OSCE>[https://www.osce.org/odihr/32619?download=true OSCE, CV]</ref>
| image = Janez Lenarcic-ODIHR Director.jpg
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| caption = Photo by [[Mikhail Evstafiev]]
| office = State secretary, Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia
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==Career in diplomacy==
'''Janez Lenarčič''' (born November 6, 1967) is a [[Slovenia]]n [[diplomat]] and the former Director of the [[Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights]] within the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]].
Lenarčič entered the Slovenian foreign service in 1992 . His first posting in 1994-1999 was at the Mission of Slovenia to the [[United Nations]] in [[New York City|New York]].<ref name=EC/><ref name=OSCE/>
From 2000 to 2001 Lenarčič worked as adviser to the foreign minister and [[Prime Minister of Slovenia|Prime Minister]] [[Janez Drnovšek]]. From 2002 to 2003 he served as secretary of state in the office of the prime minister.<ref name=EC/><ref name=OSCE/>
Lenarčič was ambassador of Slovenia to the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE) in [[Vienna]] from 2003 to 2006, and chaired the OSCE Permanent Council in 2005 during the Slovenian chairmanship.<ref name=EC/><ref name=OSCE/>
From 2006 to 2008 Lenarčič was secretary of state for European affairs, including representing Slovenia during the [[Lisbon Treaty]] negotiations in 2007 and later representing the Slovenian EU Council Presidency to the European Parliament in 2008.<ref name=OSCE/>
 
Lenarčič then moved to [[Warsaw]] as Director of the OSCE's [[Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights]] (ODIHR) until 2014.<ref name=EC/>
He began his diplomatic career in 1992 with the Foreign Ministry. His first oversees posting 1994-1999 was at the Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the [[United Nations]] in [[New York City|New York]].
 
In 2014 Lenarčič was named secretary of state in the [[12th Government of Slovenia|cabinet of the Slovenian]] [[Prime Minister of Slovenia|Prime Minister]] [[Miro Cerar]].<ref name=EC/> In 2016 he moved to [[Brussels]] as Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the EU.<ref name=EC/>
From 2000 to 2001 he worked as adviser to the foreign minister and prime minister of Slovenia.
 
==Member of the European Commission, 2019–present==
From 2002 to 2003 he served as State Secretary in the Office of the prime minister.
In 2019 Lenarčič was nominated by [[Prime Minister of Slovenia|Prime Minister]] [[Marjan Šarec]] (Renew Europe) for the post of Slovenia's [[European Commissioner]] in the [[von der Leyen Commission|Commission]] led by [[Ursula von der Leyen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/slovenski-kandidat-za-evropskega-komisarja-je-lenarcic-sd-nezadovoljen/494686|title=Šarec za kandidata za evropskega komisarja predlaga Lenarčiča|website=www.rtvslo.si|access-date=2019-07-17}}</ref>
 
In early March 2020, Lenarčič was appointed by von der Leyen to serve on the Commission's special task force to coordinate the European Union's response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>Laura Kayali, Paola Tamma and Hans von der Burchard (April 9, 2020), [https://www.politico.eu/article/frances-freewheeling-thierry-breton-is-having-a-good-crisis-coronavirus/ France’s freewheeling Thierry Breton rises to the crisis] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref>
Lenarčič was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia to
the OSCE in [[Vienna]] from 2003 to 2006, and chaired the Permanent Council in 2005 when Slovenia held the rotating chairmanship of the Organization.
 
==Awards==
From 2006 to 2008 he was State Secretary for European Affairs.
Lenarčič received France's highest award, the [[Légion d'honneur]].<ref name=OSCE/>
 
==References==
Lenarčič holds a degree in international law from the [[University of Ljubljana]], 1992.
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He received France's highest award, the [[Légion d'honneur]].
 
In 2014 he was named for secretary of state in the cabinet of the Slovenian Primer Minister Dr Miro Cerar in 12th Government of the Republic of Slovenia.
 
== External links ==
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* [http://www.vlada.si/en/about_the_government/prime_minister/state_secretary_janez_lenarcic/ Official CV]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150130023706/http://www.vlada.si/en/about_the_government/prime_minister/state_secretary_janez_lenarcic/ CV at the Slovenian Government's website]
* [http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/49863 Janez Lenarčič takes up job as new ODIHR director]
 
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| NAME =Lenarcic, Janez
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Slovenian diplomat
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| DATE OF BIRTH =November 6, 1967
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| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Ljubljana]], [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia]], [[Yugoslavia]]
 
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