Mario Fafangel

Mario Fafangel Jr. is a medical doctor who is Slovenia’s chief epidemiologist – head of the Communicable Diseases Centre at the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ).[1] He resigned from Janez Janša's government's Covid19 advisory group as chief epidemiologist because his evidence-based proposals were not listened to by political members of the group.[2]

For his grandfather, who was an Olympic sailor, see Mario Fafangel (sailor).

Mario Fafangel
Born1980
NationalitySlovenian I Italian
Medical career
Professionchief epidemiologist

Awards

He was awarded the Name of the Year 2020 award by major Slovenian newspaper Delo.[3]

References
  1. Spoznajte kolumniste N1 – Mario Fafangel, N1 United Media, 15 June 2021
  2. Slovenia's chief epidemiologist quits Covid-19 advisory team, Slovenian Press Agency, 7 December 2020.
  3. Epidemiologist Fafangel Delo's person of the year, Slovenian Press Agency, 7 January 2021.


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