Tomaž Vesel

Tomaž Vesel
President of the Court of Audit of Slovenia
In office
24 April 2013 – 2 June 2022
Preceded byIgor Šoltes
Succeeded byJana Ahčin
Vice President of the Court of Audit of Slovenia
In office
22 February 2004 – 24 April 2013
PresidentIgor Šoltes
Personal details
Born (1967-06-30) 30 June 1967 (age 57)
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Ljubljana
OccupationLawyer • Judge

Tomaž Vesel (born 30 June 1967) is a Slovenian lawyer who served as president of the Court of Audit from 2013 to 2022.[1] He was previously vice president of the court from 2004 to 2013.[2]

Career

Vesel was appointed to the State Audit Commission by the National Assembly on 22 December 1999.[3] He was elected first deputy president of the Court of Audit at the end of 2003.[4] He served as first deputy president from 2004 to February 2013, and in April 2013 was nominated by president Borut Pahor to become president of the court, succeeding Igor Šoltes.[2] He was elected to a 9-year term by the National Assembly against Nataša Prah, with 62 votes in favor and five against.[5] In 2022 he was succeeded as president by Jana Ahčin.[6]

In August 2016, Vesel was appointed chair of FIFA's independent audit committee, succeeding Domenico Scala.[7]

In April 2024, he was announced as prime minister Robert Golob's candidate to be Slovenia's next European Commissioner.[8] His candidacy received the support of the Freedom Movement and the Social Democrats.[9] However, following pressure from President von der Leyen for Member States to nominate more women to the College of Commissioners, he dropped out as commissioner nominee.[10] As similar situation happened with the Romanian nominee Victor Negrescu.

References

  1. ^ "Former Court of Audit president candidate for EU Commissioner". The Slovenia Times. 6 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Parliament to Adopt Regulation for Troubled Companies". The Slovenia Times. 24 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Tomaž Vesel". Dnevnik. 25 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Tomaž Vesel iz Šentvida pri Stični novi predsednik računskega sodišča". MojaObčina.si.
  5. ^ "Predsednik računskega sodišča je postal Tomaž Vesel". 24ur.com. 24 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Jana Ahčin appointed the President of the Court of Audit". Court of Audit of Slovenia. 1 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Slovenian Vesel takes charge of FIFA corruption watchdog". WION. 5 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Former Court of Audit president candidate for EU Commissioner". The Slovenia Times. 6 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Vlada začela postopek imenovanja Tomaža Vesela za evropskega komisarja". N1. 26 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Slovenia's male commissioner nominee drops out amid von der Leyen's gender equality push". POLITICO. 2024-09-06. Retrieved 2024-09-06.