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Matej ARCON

Politician

Matej ARCON is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Matej ARCON · Matej Arčon · Матей Арчон				[sources]
Other name	Matej Arcon				[sources]
Birth date	1972-11-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Šempeter pri Gorici				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Slovenia				[sources]
Citizenship	Slovenia · Yugoslavia				[sources]
Classification	Local government (past) · National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Matej				[sources]
Last name	Arčon				[sources]
Political association	Freedom Movement · Gibanje Svoboda				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12796056				[sources]
Position	Deputy Prime Minister & Minister Without Portfolio for Slovenians Abroad · Member of the National Assembly of Slovenia (2022-2022) · Member of the National Council of Slovenia (2007-) · Minister for Slovenians Abroad (2022-) · council member (1998-2010) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Fran Erjavec Primary School · Nova Gorica School Centre · OŠ Frana Erjavca · Šolski center Nova Gorica				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.zvezoskop.si				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-15	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Also see this public official's assets tracked at https://detektorpremozenja.si/oseba/89-matej-arcon/

— Slovenian Political Officials from Zvezoskop non-official source, 2024-02-01

Slovene politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Slovenians Abroad	-	-
podpredsednik, Gibanje Svoboda	2022-08-18	-

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders11,018

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United States · CIA

Slovenian Political Officials from Zvezoskop368

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Slovenia · Oštro · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,019

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,343

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Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata349,731

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions548,881

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-slovenia-matej-arcon-deputy-prime-minister-minister-without-portfolio-for-slovenians-abroad · us-cia-slovenia-matej-arcon-minister-without-portfolio-for-slovenians-abroad

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