Nova Gorica Gymnasium (Slovene: Gimnazija Nova Gorica) is a gymnasium, a coeducational secondary school, located in Nova Gorica, western Slovenia. The school is for students aged between 15 and 19. It has been certified as one of the top European Parliament Ambassador Schools in the country.
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History
It was established after the annexation of the Slovenian Littoral to the Yugoslavia in September 1947. It was initially located in the nearby town of Šempeter pri Gorici. In 1952, it was transferred to a suburb of the town of Nova Gorica, and in 1960 to the current location in the very centre of the town.
Notable alumni
Many prominent people have attended the Nova Gorica Gymnasium since its founding. Among them were:
Rajko Bratož, historian
Kostja Gatnik, illustrator
Robert Golob, politician and businessman
Dean Komel, philosopher
Jana Krivec, chess grandmaster
Branko Marušič, historian
Tomaž Marušič, lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Slovenia (1997-2000)
Tomaž Mastnak, sociologist, political scientist and columnist
Iztok Mlakar, actor, singer and songwriter
Katja Perat, poet
Borut Pahor, politician, current President of Slovenia
Senko Pličanič, lawyer and politician, current Slovenian Minister of Justice and Administration
Vojteh Ravnikar, architect
Uroš Seljak, cosmologist, a professor of physics at University of California, Berkeley
Dušan Šinigoj, politician, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (1984-1990)
Mitja Velikonja, sociologist and cultural anthropologist
Igor Vidmar, rock musician
Boštjan Vuga, architect
Saša Vuga, writer
Danilo Zavrtanik, physicist
Samuel Žbogar, diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia (2008-2012)
Pavel Zgaga, pedagogue and politician, Minister of Education of Slovenia (1999-2000)
Notable professors
Marija Rus (1951/1980)