Karl Viktor Erjavec was born 21 June 1960 in Aiseau, Belgium. He obtained his high school diploma in Kranj and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana in 1985.

 
Until 1990, Mr. Erjavec was employed in the public sector. In that same year, he became a member of the Kranj Urban Municipality Assembly executive council and was, at the same time, appointed Secretary for General Administration and Other Legal Affairs. From 1995 to 2000, at the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia, he was responsible for affairs related to the protection of basic human rights. Mr. Erjavec was the head of the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman and the director of the Expert Service. During the 2001 to 2004 term of office, he was the State Secretary for Judicial Administration at the Ministry of Justice.

 
Karl Viktor Erjavec is the author of numerous articles on the protection of basic human rights and judicial system functions and is often invited as a lecturer to various professional seminars and conferences. Mr. Erjavec speaks fluent French and English.

 
Mr. Erjavec is married and the father of two daughters; he and his family live in Naklo in the Gorenjska region.

 
Since 2005, Mr. Erjavec has also been the president of the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia.
 

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