Danijel Lorbek, born in 1969 in Maribor, completed the Police Cadet School in 1988 and worked as a police officer at Ljubljana Šiška Police Station, Šentilj Border Police Station, Maribor Tabor Police Office and Maribor Police Station, where he was also a community policing officer. In 1993 he was made Assistant Commander of Maribor Police Station and, at the end of the same year, Commander of the Maribor Tabor Police Office. In 1996, he took over the leadership of Maribor II Police Station.
In 1991 he graduated from the College of Law of Maribor and continued his studies part time at the Faculty of Law in Maribor, which he completed in 1995.
In 1998, he became the Head of Director’s Office at the Maribor Police Directorate and in 2001, the Head of Uniformed Police Office at the same directorate. In 2004 he assumed the leadership of the Border Police Division within the Uniformed Police Directorate of the General Police Directorate.
In May 2009 he took over as Director of the Maribor Police Directorate, a role he stayed in until June 2019, when he became an adviser to the Director General of the Police. In April 2020, he assumed the position of Director of the Uniformed Police Directorate at the General Police Directorate. From June 2022, he served as adviser to the Director General of Police.
For his work in law enforcement authorities and his contribution to the development and enhancement of security, he received a written commendation in 1994, a Bronze Order of Merit for Services in security in 1999, a Gold Police Shield in 2008, a Great Police Shield with a Bronze Star in 2013 and a Great Police Shield with a Silver Star in 2020. In 2008 he was awarded a Grand Decoration of Honour for meritorious Service to the Austrian nation by the Austrian president as well as a silver star decoration by the International Border Police Conference. He is a veteran of the Slovenian War of Independence.
On 4 June 2026, he was appointed acting Director General of the Police.