NEWS FLASH
Zmago Skobir, the long-time CEO of Ljubljana Airport and former Vice President for Commercial at Adria Airways, is entering politics ahead of the 2026 Slovenian parliamentary election. He is running for a seat in the National Assembly on the candidate list of the Demokrati (Democrats) party, standing in constituency Radovljica I. Mr Skobir has said he wants to use his extensive experience in business and infrastructure to contribute to political debate and help shape the party’s program. Mr Skobir began his career at Adria Airways in 1990 where he spent eight years. In 2002, he became Member of the Management Board at Ljubljana Airport ascending to the position of CEO in 2007, which he held until 2021. Mr Skobir retired in 2023 after 21 years at the airport.
A number of individuals linked to Slovenia’s aviation industry are part of the country's political establishment. Klemen Boštjančič, Slovenia’s Finance Minister was the CEO of Adria Airways. Rok Marolt, a former head of the Slovenian Civil Aviation Agency and past Chief Operating Officer of Adria Airways later served within the Ministry of Finance as Secretary General. Nataša Pirc Musar, the President of Slovenia, had an early connection to Adria Airways as a cabin crew member.
Parliamentary elections in Slovenia will be held on March 22.
good, he will help in ruining them.
ReplyDeleteI hope that doesn’t mean you want lefties again in power?
DeleteNow I definitely won’t be voting for them.
ReplyDeleteLets all prey that he doesn’t get involved into anything related to aviation. He has done enough damage (together with his puppy Krasnja).
ReplyDeleteAnd what was the damage? Yes he should be more supportive to adria in their last years but other than that he did fine.
DeleteEach of the mentioned did a lot of damage in Slovenian aviation industry. Well, some of them are still doing it...
ReplyDeleteThe deeds tell more than words.
ReplyDeleteI find the figures mentioned in the article very interesting, though. It appears that he worked (only) 33 years before retiring. One could say, he left the labour market in his prime.
Further, calculating back, it appears he (only) had 11 years of working experience before joining the management board, and then spent there (within the same board) double the time than all his previous working positions combined.
Not knowing the person at all, these figures show a rather disproportionate career path and beg some explanation. Gut feeling is his political narrative shouldn’t include much of “for the hardworking people”.
I just opened this article for the comments!
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