on the list of the Independent Democratic Party. From December 1921 to December 1922, he served as the Minister for Welfare, and between November 1924 and July 1925 as Minister of Forestry and Mining in the Democratic-Radical coalition governments of Nikola Pašić. Private life Gregor Žerjav was married to Milena Žerjav, née Lavrenčič. The couple had three children, first Borut, then the twins Nadina and Tatjana (born 5 March 1912 in Gorizia). The last years of his life he suffered tuberculosis; for an attempt of operative surgery he went to Berlin to the Charité as one of the first patients of Ferdinand Sauerbruch when using the iron lung there. About half a year later he died in his estate in Poljče near Radovljica, and was buried in Žale Cemetery in Ljubljana. His wife and this daughter Tatjana also died of tuberculosis later on. His son Borut Žerjav became a journalist and lived in Paris. His daughter Nadina Abarth-Žerjav was married to Carlo Abarth. The family's grave site in Žale Cemetery is a protected monument References External links 1882 births 1929 deaths People from the Municipality of Loška Dolina National Progressive Party (Carniola) politicians Democratic Party (Yugoslavia) politicians Independent Democratic Party (Yugoslavia) politicians Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1911–1918) Representatives in the Yugoslav National Assembly (1921–1941) 20th-century Slovenian lawyers University of Vienna alumni Burials at Žale Yugoslav lawyers