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Nova Gorica Grammar School

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Established
  
1947

Age range
  
15-19

Phone
  
+386 5 335 84 00

Head of school
  
Bojan Bratina

Website
  
Gimnazija Nova Gorica

Founded
  
1947

Nova Gorica Grammar School

Type
  
general gymnasium, classical gymnasium, artistic gymnasium

Address
  
Delpinova ulica 9, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia

Similar
  
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Nova Gorica Grammar School (Slovene: Gimnazija Nova Gorica) is a coeducational nondenominational state secondary general education school for students aged between 15 and 19. It falls under the gymnasium type of schools, roughly equivalent to preparatory schools in Anglo-American contexts. Located in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, it is considered among the best secondary schools in Slovenia. Many notable personalities attended the schools, including two Prime Ministers of Slovenia, and the current President of Slovenia.

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History

It was established after the annexation of the Slovenian Littoral to the Yugoslavia in September 1947. It was initially located in the nearby town of Šempeter pri Gorici. In 1952, it was transferred to a suburb of the town of Nova Gorica, and in 1960 to the current location in the very centre of the town.

Prominent alumni

Many prominent people have attended the Nova Gorica Grammar School since its founding. Among them were:

  • Evgen Bavčar, photographer
  • Kostja Gatnik, illustrator
  • Dean Komel, philosopher
  • Jana Krivec, chess grandmaster
  • Branko Marušič, historian
  • Tomaž Marušič, lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Slovenia (1997-2000)
  • Tomaž Mastnak, sociologist, political scientist and columnist
  • Iztok Mlakar, actor, singer and songwriter
  • Katja Perat, poet
  • Borut Pahor, politician, current President of Slovenia
  • Senko Pličanič, lawyer and politician, current Slovenian Minister of Justice and Administration
  • Vojteh Ravnikar, architect
  • Uroš Seljak, cosmologist, a professor of physics at University of California, Berkeley
  • Dušan Šinigoj, politician, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (1984-1990)
  • Mitja Velikonja, sociologist and cultural anthropologist
  • Igor Vidmar, rock musician
  • Boštjan Vuga, architect
  • Saša Vuga, writer
  • Danilo Zavrtanik, physicist
  • Samuel Žbogar, diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia (2008-2012)
  • Pavel Zgaga, pedagogue and politician, Minister of Education of Slovenia (1999-2000)
  • References

    Nova Gorica Grammar School Wikipedia