He was an active member of the Slovenian Democratic Party and served as the chairman of the Party's internal Committee for Education Policies until 2008, when he quit the for disagreements over the Government policy favouring private universities.
He was an active member of the Slovenian Democratic Party (known as Slovenian Social Democratic Party between 1989 and 2003). Between 2004 and 2008, he sevred as chairman of the Party's internal Committee for Education Policies; he quit the for disagreements over the Government policy favouring private universities.