Background
Sirc, Ljubo was born on April 19, 1920 in Kranj, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Came to England, 1956. Son of Franjo and Zdenka (Pirc) Sirc.
Sirc, Ljubo was born on April 19, 1920 in Kranj, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Came to England, 1956. Son of Franjo and Zdenka (Pirc) Sirc.
Bachelor in Law, University Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1943. Doctor in Economics, Fribourg University, Switzerland, 1961.
Deputy head Press Office, Ljubljana, 1945. Monitor British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, Reading, England, 1957-1958. Lecturer University Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1960-1961.
Researcher Institute Economic Affairs, London, 1961-1962. Lecturer University St. Andrews, Dundee, Scotland, 1962-1965, University Glasgow, Scotland, 1965-1983. Director Center for Research into Communist Economics, London, since 1983.
Visiting scholar Centre National de la Recherche Scientitigue, Paris, Frankfurt, Stanford, 1978-1979.
Chairman Yugoslav Democratic Encounters, since 1980. Active Yugoslav Democratic Alternative. Served as political prisoner, Yugoslavia, 1947-1954.
Served with Yugoslav army, 1944-1945. Member Mont Pelerin Society, Scottish Economic Society, Sudosteuropa-Gesellschaft, Liberal International.
Married Susan Powell, September 16, 1976. 1 child, Nadia.