Between May 1999 and June 2000, Golob was the State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the government led by prime ministerJanez Drnovšek of theLDS party. In 2002, he was elected to the City Council ofNova Gorica, a position he held until 2022.[11] In 2011, Golob joined thePositive Slovenia party, founded by the mayor ofLjubljanaZoran Janković.[12] In 2013–14, with the rising tensions within the party between its founder and chairman Zoran Janković and Prime MinisterAlenka Bratušek, Golob played a mediating role between the two factions.[13] In May 2014, after the final split between the two factions, he joined the breakawayParty of Alenka Bratušek (SAB), becoming one of its vice-presidents.[14] After SAB's poor performance in the subsequent2014 election, he moved away from national-level politics, remaining active only at the local level in his municipality of Nova Gorica. Among other engagements, he chaired the neighborhood assembly ofKromberk-Loke between 2010 and 2014, and remained member until 2022.[15]
In 2021, Golob decided to once again take an active role in national politics, after his mandate as chairman of GEN-I had not been extended.
Golob was married to Jana Nemec Golob for over thirty years. They have three children together.[22] Since autumn 2022, he has been living with Tina Gaber, a former model, in Ljubljana.[23][24]
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