Hotel Lev, Ljubljana
Lions Club Ljubljana belongs to the 1st zone of the 1st region in the 129th district - Slovenia.
Club number: 050742
Club night: 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month.
Club address: Hotel Lev, Vošnjakova 1, 1001 Ljubljana
Founding date: 18th of May, 1990
Founding night: 24th of November, 1990
Mentor: Dietmar Bueltemeyr, LC Klagenfurt-Carinthia
Bank account: NLB, 02140-0253481756
Regarding the Lions International organisation Slovenia is organised as an independent district.
District 129
The mission of every Lions Club in the world is the creation and strengthening of understanding among people in the whole world, humanitarianism and regional, as well as widespread voluntary help. Lions Club Ljubljana is the first and oldest of Slovenia. The Slovenian lionism began in our ranks and that’s why we have a special mission to plant and spread the idea, preserve the good example, care for the development and provide consulting for many Lions Clubs, including the Leo Club Ljubljana.
Lions Club Ljubljana as a whole and individuals - members of Lions Club Ljubljana have taken over the consulting and sponsor role in many newly founded Slovenian Lions clubs:
The activity of the club is presented by the members of Lions Club Ljubljana on the Christmas stand in Ljubljana.
We’re the oldest club, but we have young ideas and enthusiasm and we take care of the continuous rejuvenation of the club.
We want to remain the example of Slovenian lionism - through results, knowledge about lion’s rules and ethics and strong bonds of friendship within the club.
We’re also holding the leading position on the district level, although we want to promote and preserve the meaning of the lion’s idea in the surrounding areas through “little projectsâ€.
Beside our financial help we can often help with as little as a heartfelt handshake, friendly smile and positive human relationship.
The founding members of Lions Club Ljubljana, the 1st Lions Club in Slovenia
The bonds of friendship among the members are the base for good work in the club – on the walk along the wire of occupied Ljubljana
The history of the Lions Club Ljubljana is to a large extent also the history of Slovenian lionism. The first Slovenian Lions Club was established on the initiative of the primordial lion Borut MiklavÄiÄa, who was the consul general of Yugoslavia in Austria in that time and who accepted an invitation to a Lions Club Carinthia evening in Klagenfurt in 1989. He recognised the deep humane core of the movement and the idea, which impressed him, so he started to search for adherents.
27 founding members (some of them moved to another club: Janez BohoriÄ, today LK Bled; Janko PopoviÄ, today LK Ljubljana Forum; the regretfully deceased Henrik Ubeleis and Zvest Appolonio and two members, who are no longer part of the organisation: Jaka Penca and Matija Å kof) have built the founding ground, established connections to European clubs and started the activities. They’ve built a majestic fortress • in only six years the club grew into a strong district with 20 independent clubs, marked as District 129 in the Lions organisation.
Today Slovenia has 52 clubs with 1500 members and belongs to countries with the highest number of LC members per thousand inhabitants. This number is still growing irrepressibly! A considerable fact hereby is that every fifth Slovenian Lions organisation member is a woman!
Furthermore, the Slovenian Lions founded the first LC in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Macedonia in the time of the war in Yugoslavia. In cooperation with Croatian Lions we still support the development of new clubs in these states, and this year we received the »Coordinating Lion« for the development of lionism in Serbia and Montenegro. We transfer our experience to all Lions of Central and East Europe.
In the meantime, the history and the role of the Lions Club Ljubljana had also its idependant development. The membership now extended to 33 members and since 1990 there were 28 chairmanships:
2017/2018
Chairman: Irena TerÄelj Schweizer, secretary: Tina KocijanÄiÄ, treasurer: Iztok Lajovic.
2011/2012
Chairman: Dušan Papež, secretary: Jasna Šegan, treasurer: Iztok Lajovic.
2010/2011
Chairman: Martin Logar, secretary: Jasna Å egan, treasurer: Iztok Lajovic.
2009/2010
Chairman: Darinka PavliÄ Kamien, secretary: Jasna Å egan, treasurer: Iztok Lajovic.
2008/2009
Chairman: Igor Bartenjev, secretary: Jasna Å egan, treasurer: Iztok Lajovic.
2007/2008
Chairman: Bogi Pretnar Kozinc, secretary: Jasna Å egan, treasurer: Iztok Lajovic.
2006/2007
Chairman: Borut Lah, secretary: Jasna Å egan, treasurer: Iztok Lajovic:
2005/2006
Chairman: Miro Bogataj, secretary: Jasna Å egan, treasurer: Iztok Lajovic
2004/2005
Chairman: Dunja BohoriÄ, secretary: Polona BohoriÄ, treasurer: Andrej Å ircelj
2003/2004
Chairman: Josip Å koberne
2002/2003
Chairman: Ivan Saša Geržina
2001/2002
Chairman: Vladimir Braco MuÅ¡iÄ
2000/2001
Chairman: Iztok Lajovic, secretary: Dunja BohoriÄ
1999/2000
Chairman: Ivo BaniÄ, secretary: Dunja BohoriÄ
1998/1999
Chairman: Ivan Koželj, secretary: Dunja BohoriÄ
1997/1998
Chairman: Mario JegliÄ
1996/1997
Chairman: Vladimir Borisov
1995/1996
Chairman: Cvetka Selšek
1994/1995
Chairman: Janez Lajovic
1993/1994
Chairman: Tone Prosenc
1992/1993
Chairman: Stojan PlesniÄar
1991/1992
Chairman: Janez BohoriÄ, secretary: Jernej KosmaÄ
1990/1991
Chairman: Borut MiklavÄiÄ, secretary: Jernej KosmaÄ, treasurer: NuÅ¡a KerÅ¡evan
