Aleš Čerin

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Aleš Čerin (born 18 July 1949) is a Slovenian businessman and politician. He earned a law degree from the University of Ljubljana in 1973. He served as Secretary-General of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia from 1986 to 1992, including during Slovenia's independence in 1991. After 1992, he worked for the Mercator retail company and was on its executive board from 1997 to 2005. He was elected to the Ljubljana city council in October 2006 as a member of the Zoran Janković List and was named deputy mayor. On 22 December 2011, he replaced Janković as the head of the municipality after Janković moved to the National Assembly; Čerin led the municipality until early January 2012, when a by-election was announced. The by-election was held on 25 March 2012. Čerin is also a keen cyclist and was president of the Cycling Federation of Slovenia from 1997 to 2005.