Simona Kustec

Simona Kustec (born 19 June 1976) is a Slovenian politician, political scientist and academic teacher. She served as the minister of Education, Science and Sports from 2020 to 2022.

Simona Kustec
Minister of Education, Science and Sports
In office 13 March 2020 – 1 June 2022
Succeeded by	Igor Papič
Personal details
Born	(1976-06-19) 19 June 1976 (age 49) Kamnik
Party	Modern Centre Party
Residence	Slovenia
Alma mater	University of Ljubljana

Life

Simona Kustec was elected as a member of the National Assembly representing the Modern Centre Party at the 2014 parliamentary elections. From 2014 to 2018, she led the parliamentary group of the party and also became its vice-president. In 2018, she did not run again, returning to her scientific activity.^[1]

On 13 March 2020, she became Minister of Education, Science and Sports in the third government of Janez Janša.^[2] She held this office until June 2022.