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miroslav -rrb- cerar -lrb- father -rrb- zdenka cerar -lrb- mother alenka bratušek roman catholic miroslav cerar jr. . ljubljana , yugoslavia -lrb- now slovenia -rrb- borut pahor slovenian modern centre party prime minister of slovenia lawyer , academic 25 august 1963 18 september 2014 miro cerar signature.png miroslav cerar -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg miro cerar
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miro cerar

miroslav cerar jr. -lrb- , known as miro cerar ; born on 25 august 1963 in ljubljana -rrb- is a slovenian lawyer and politician who has been prime minister of slovenia since 18 september 2014 .
with a non-political background and as one who was relatively new to politics at the time of his appointment as prime minister , cerar leads the centrist modern centre party , formerly named eponymously the `` party of miro cerar '' .
cerar is the son of miroslav cerar sr. , olympic gymnastics champion and lawyer , and zdenka cerar , former minister of justice and chief prosecutor .
cerar was a professor at the faculty of law of the university of ljubljana and a legal adviser to the slovenian parliament .
following the resignation of alenka bratušek 's government in may 2014 , cerar announced that he would enter national politics .
on 2 june 2014 , he formed a new political party called stranka mira cerarja / stranka modernega centra -lrb- party of miro cerar / party of modern center -rrb- .
in the july election , cerar 's party won a leading total 36 of 90 seats in the parliament , with cerar being later appointed prime minister-designate .
