Barbara Brezigar

Her uncle on her mother's side was the famous Slovene literary critic, essayist and theatre director Bojan Štih.

In 1999, she ran as a candidate for Prosecutor General of Slovenia, but the government led by Janez Drnovšek appointed Zdenka Cerar instead.

[2] In 2004, she was among the co-founders of the liberal conservative civic platform Rally for the Republic (Slovene: Zbor za republiko).

[3] During the centre-left government of Borut Pahor, she entered in conflict with the Minister of Justice Aleš Zalar on the issue of interference of the ministry into the matters of the persecution.

In March 2012, she was appointed State Secretary at the Minister of Interior by the centre-right government of Janez Janša.