Curriculum vitae

Date and Place of Birth: April 7, 1946, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Education: 1970: B.A. (Comparative Literature, Sociology), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; 1976: Ph.D. (Sociology), Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachussetts, U.S.A.

Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Serbo-Croatian

Marital Status: Married to Marjetica-Ana Rudolf-Rupel

Career:

• 2004- Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 2000-2004 Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1997-2000 Ambassador to the U.S.A.
• 1994-1997 Mayor of Ljubljana
• 1992-1995 Member of State Assembly (Parliament) of Slovenia
• 1990-1993 Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1989-1990 President of Slovenian Democratic Alliance (SDZ)
• 1989 Visiting Professor at Cleveland State University, Ohio, U.S.A.
• 1984-1987 Responsible editor of Nova revija
• 1985 Visiting Professor at New School for Social Research, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• 1980- Professor at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 1977-1978 Visiting Professor at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

Books by Dimitrij Rupel

Fiction:

• Na pol poti do obzorja (Half Way to the Horizon), 1968
• Bele sobe (White rooms), 1970
• Tajnik šeste internacionale (Secretary of the Sixth International), 1971
• Caj in puške ob štirih (Tea and Guns at Four), 1972
• Peto nadstropje trinadstropne hiše (Fifth Floor of the Three-Floor House), 1972
• Cas v njej rabelj hudi (Time in It the Cruel Hangman), 1974
• Hi kvadrat (Chi Square), 1975
• Družinska zveza (The Family Connection), 1977
• Mrzli viharji, jezne domacije (Cold Storms, Mad Homes), 1978
• Prijazno življenje (Pleasant Life), 1979
• Maks (Max), 1983
• Pošljite za naslovnikom, Job (Follow the Addressee, Job), 1984
• Povabljeni pozabljeni (Forgotten Invited), 1985
• Zakaj je svet narobe? (Why the World is Upside Down?), 1987
• Levji delež (Lion's Share), 1989
• Zgodba o casu (Story About Time), 1989

Sociology, History, International Relations, Memoirs:

• Branje (Reading), 1973
• Svobodne besede (Free Words), 1976
• Oton Župancic, 1979
• Besede in dejanja (Words and Acts), 1981
• Poskusi z resnicnostjo (Reality Tests), 1982
• Literarna sociologija (Sociology of Literature), 1982
• Sociologija kulture in umetnosti (Sociology of Culture and Art), 1986
• Besede božje in božanske (Words of God and Words Divine), 1987
• Slovenski intelektualci (Slovenian Intellectuals), 1989
• Slovenske slovesnosti in vsakdanjosti (Slovenian Holidays and Everydays), 1990
• Slovenstvo kot politicno prepricanje (Slovenian Faith), 1992
• Slovenska pot do samostojnosti in priznanja (Slovenian Path to Independence and Recognition), 1992
• Skrivnost države (Secret of State), 1992
• Odcarana Slovenija (Disenchanted Slovenia), 1993
• Cas politike (Time of Politics), 1994
• Edinost, sreca, sprava (Unity, Happiness, Reconciliation), 1996
• Svoboda proti državi (Freedom Against State), 1998
• Srecanja in razhajanja (Meetings and Partings), 2001
• Prevzem zgodbe o uspehu (Taking Over the Success Story), 2004.