In memoriam France Bučar (1923–2015)

On the occasion of the death of the first president of the Slovenian Pan-European Movement, Dr. France Bučar (1923-2015), who died on 21 October 2015, the Council of the Presidency of the International Pan-European Union sent a letter of condolence.

Until 2012, France Bučar was at the head of the Slovenian Pan-European Movement, that was founded in 1991.

As the first President of the democratically elected multi-party Slovenian Parliament from 1990 to 1992, France Bučar was one of those who formally declared the independence of Slovenia on 25 June 1991.

He is considered one of the founding fathers of Slovenian democracy and independence.

Letter of Condolence

It is with the greatest sorrow that we received the notice of the death of Professor France Bučar, the founder and long-time President of the Slovenian Pan-European Movement and one of the most prominent members of the International Pan-European Union.

Professor France Bučar was a great Slovenian patriot and an original humanist thinker who enriched us many times with his ideas and political experience. He certainly laid firm foundations to the Slovenian Pan-European Movement and gave it great respectability which is luckily duly acknowledged in Slovenia. We shall always remember the contributions of Professor France Bučar to the presentation of the Slovenian case in the Pan-European Movement and in the European Union. His role in the period of struggle for the independence and international recognition of the new democratic Slovenia will never be forgotten. They were an essential contribution to the efforts of the International Pan-European movement in the same direction.

Please, accept our sincere condolences because of the loss of the great Slovenian Pan-European Professor France Bučar and kindly transmit them to his respected family.

On behalf of the International Pan-European Union

Presidency Council of the International Pan-European Union