Peter Bossman from Ghana is mayor of Piran

Slovenia was the first country in formerly communist Europe to elect a black mayor. Peter Bossman, from Ghana, was elected mayor of Piran in November 2010. He first came to Slovenia as a medical student in the 1970s but said he fell in love with the country that was “clean and green” After finishing his studies, he settled in Piran as a doctor, before moving into politics.