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Critics charge Avsenik with engineering {{wp|democratic backsliding}} and worsening government corruption. His supporters argue that he has improved the standard of living and presided over a period of unprecedented economic growth. International watchdog groups allege that Avsenik has transformed Zacotia into a {{wp|hybrid regime}} with [[Zacotian Union]] as a {{wp|party of power}}.   
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Klavdijo Avsenik
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President of Zacotia
Assumed office
15 September 2005
Prime MinisterOžbe Habjan
Patrick Krivec
Adnan Kociper
Marko Trstenjak
Preceded byArsen Bratina
Chairman of the State Security Council
Assumed office
14 August 2007
Preceded byOffice created
Leader of Zacotian Union
In office
2 January 2006 – 22 May 2018
DeputyAdnan Kociper
Marko Trstenjak
Preceded byOžbe Habjan
Succeeded byMarko Trstenjak
Mayor of Lukovo
In office
8 March 1993 – 18 November 2002
Preceded byFedja Debeljak
Succeeded byRedžep Urbas
Personal details
Born
Klavdijo Avsenik

(1957-07-06) 6 July 1957 (age 67)
Lukovo, Bitnje, Zacotia
Political partyNational Regeneration Party (before 2002)
Independent (2005–2006)
Zacotian Union (2005–2018)
Independent (2018–)
Spouse(s)
Senija Matko
(m. 1979; div. 1985)

Amra Rijavec
(m. 1988; div. 2000)
Domestic partnerNija Lozar
Children4
ResidencePresidential Palace
EducationRožman Gymnasium
University of Ladnica (dropped out)
Alma materUniversity of Lukovo (B.S. in Economics)

Klavdijo Avsenik (born 6 July 1957) is a Zacotian politician serving as the President of Zacotia since 2005. He was the leader of Zacotian Union from 2006 to 2018.

Avsenik was born in Lukovo, Zacotia's second-largest city, in 1957. Despite his lower-class background, he studied at the prestigious Rožman Gymnasium. He won a scholarship to the University of Ladnica but later transferred to the University of Lukovo where he completed his bachelor studies in economics in 1970. He worked for the Zacotian Investment Bank and the Ministry of Finance. In 1993, he was elected Mayor of Lukovo for the National Regeneration Party. As mayor, he focused on efforts pertaining to urban renewal, anti-corruption, and education.

He resigned as mayor in 2002 with high approval ratings and returned to work in financial services. He refused a position in the Bratina presidential administration as Minister of Finance. He ran in the 2005 presidential election against Bratina as an independent, promising reform of the civil service, anti-corruption statutes, and reduction of taxes. He won in the second round with 61.45% of the vote.

Critics charge Avsenik with engineering democratic backsliding and worsening government corruption. His supporters argue that he has improved the standard of living and presided over a period of unprecedented economic growth. International watchdog groups allege that Avsenik has transformed Zacotia into a hybrid regime with Zacotian Union as a party of power.