in part of Slovenian descent Slavoj Žižek (born 1949) – sociologist, philosopher, and cultural critic Alenka Zupančič (born 1966) – philosopher and cultural critic Politicians Andrej Bajuk (1943–2011) – third prime minister of independent Slovenia John Blatnik (1911–1991) – U.S. Congressman (Slovenian parents; born and raised in the United States, and never lived in Slovenia) Leonard J. Bodack (1932–2015) – former Pennsylvania State Senator (Slovenian ancestry; born and raised in the United States, and never lived in Slovenia) Jože Brilej (1910–1981) – Yugoslav politician, diplomat and ambassador, President of the United Nations Security Council (1956) Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) – president of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia between 1945 and 1980 (son of a Slovenian mother, Marija Javeršek and of a Croat father, Franjo Broz) Leo von Caprivi (1831–1899) – German major general and statesman who served as German Chancellor from March 1890 to October 1894 (His family (complete surname: von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli) was of Italian and disputed Slovenian origin; born and raised in Germany, and never lived in Slovenia) Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008) – second prime minister of independent Slovenia, third president of Slovenia, 2003–2008 Tom Harkin – U.S. Senator (Slovenian mother; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia) Janez Janša (born 1958) – fifth prime minister of independent Slovenia Edvard Kardelj (1910–1979) – prewar communist, politician, statesman, and journalist Boris Kidrič (1912–1953) – communist, politician, statesman and economist Amy Jean Klobuchar (born 1960) – U.S. Senator from Minnesota (Father's grandparents came from Slovenia; born and raised in United States, has never lived in Slovenia) Anton Korošec (1872–1940) – prominent Yugoslav politician Milan Kučan (born 1941) – first president of independent Slovenia, 1991–2002 Frank Lausche (1895–1990) – former U.S. Senator, Governor of Ohio & Mayor of Cleveland (Parents of Slovenian origin; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia) Vladko Maček (1879–1964) – Croatian politician of Slovene origin from the first half of the 20th century. He led the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) James Oberstar (1934–2014) – U.S. Representative from Minnesota (Partial Slovenian ancestry; born and raised in the United States and never lived in Slovenia) Lojze Peterle (born 1948) – first prime minister of independent Slovenia Wolfgang Petritsch (born 1947) – Austrian diplomat of Slovene ethnicity (former OHR) Tanya Plibersek – Australian politician – House of Representatives Anton Rop (born 1960) – fourth prime minister of