Tatjana Greif

Tatjana Greif
Greif in February 2015
Member of the National Assembly
In office
13 May 2022 – 10 April 2026
ConstituencyMaribor – Maribor 4
Personal details
Born (1966-12-03) 3 December 1966
Maribor, Yugoslavia
PartyThe Left
Alma materUniversity of Ljubljana

Tatjana Greif (born 3 December 1966) is a Slovenian politician and former member of the National Assembly. A member of The Left, she represented Maribor – Maribor 4 from May 2022 to April 2026.[1]

Greif was born on 3 December 1966 in Maribor.[1] She has bachelor's (1992) and master's (1997) degrees in archaeology from the University of Ljubljana.[1] She also has a doctorate (2005) from the university.[1] She qualified as a librarian from the National and University Library of Slovenia in 1994.[1]

Between 1992 and 1999 Greif was a researcher and head of the library in the University of Ljubljana's Department of Archaeology.[1] She was also on the editorial board of the Arheo journal as well as working for several museums (Ptuj Regional Museum, National Museum of Slovenia, City Museum of Ljubljana, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste, Natural History Museum, Vienna and Institut für Pfahlbauforschung Hemmenhofen Bodensee).[1] She held various self employed jobs between 1999 and 2018: editor of the Journal for the Critique of Science, Imagination and New Anthropology (ČKZ) and Delta magazine; programme manager; head of education; and Head of the Assistance to Victims of Discrimination Service at the Student Cultural Center Association (ŠKUC).[1] She was a Fulbright visiting professor at the Northern Arizona University from 2009 to 2010.[1] She was an advisor on culture, national minorities, relations with Slovenes in neighbouring countries and human rights at the National Assembly from 2018 to 2022.[1]

Greif contested the 2014 European Parliament election as a Kacin – Concretely candidate but the list failed to win any seats.[2][3] She contested the 2022 parliamentary election as The Left's candidate in Maribor – Maribor 4 and received a national seat in the National Assembly.[4] She was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from October 2022 to October 2023.[5]

Greif is an LGBT activist.[6]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Tatjana Greif
Election Constituency Electoral district Party Votes % Result
2014 European Parliament[3]SloveniaKacin – Concretely1530.77%Not elected
2022 parliamentary[7]MariborMaribor 4The Left6277.10%Elected

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Deputies: TatjanaGreif - Curriculum vitae". Ljubljana, Slovenia: National Assembly. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Še zadnji začeli vlagati kandidatne liste". Radiotelevizija Slovenija (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia. 25 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 "European Parliament elections 2014: Result - Slovenia - Results of voting by preferential votes". Ljubljana, Slovenia: State Election Commission. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "1469. Zapisnik o ugotoviti izida volitev poslancev v Državni zbor" (PDF). Uradni list Republike Slovenije (in Slovenian). Vol. XXXII, no. 62. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 8 May 2022. p. 4827. ISSN 1318-0576. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ms Tatjana GREIF (Slovenia, UEL)". Strasbourg, France: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Tako kadruje radikalna levica: Poslanska skupina Levice zaposlila kader iz Radia Študent in Mirovnega inštituta". Nova24TV (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Election to the National Assembly 2022, April 24, 2022: Election Results - By Electoral Districts". Ljubljana, Slovenia: State Election Commission. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2026.