| Education |
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| 1978 - 1983 |
Technical University in Košice
Power electronics |
| 1994 |
Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA
One-semester course on international relations |
| 1994 |
UFSIA Antwerp, Belgium
One-semester course on European economic integration |
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| Professional Career |
| 1983 - 1992 |
ZPA Prešov
Research and Development scientist in power electronics |
| 1992 - 1998 |
Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of the
Slovak Republic (SR) |
| 1993 - 1998 |
Member of the National Council of the SR in the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (CE PA) |
| 1995 - 1998 |
Vice-Chairman of the CE PA’s Committee on Agriculture
and Rural Development |
| 1997 - 1998 |
Chairman of the CE PA’s Sub-Committee on International
Economic Relations |
| 1998 - 2002 |
State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the SR |
| 1998 - 2003 |
Chief Negotiator of the SR for negotiations on the accession of
Slovakia to the EU |
| 2002 – 2004 |
Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National
Council of the SR
Member of the European Integration Committee of the National
Council of the SR |
| 2002 - 2003 |
Co-Chairman of the Standing Delegation of the National
Council of the SR on the Joint EU-SR Parliamentary
Committee |
| 2002 - 2003 |
Representative of the Slovak National Council in the Convention on
the Future of Europe |
| 2002 - 2004 |
Representative of the Slovak Government in the Convention on
the Future of Europe |
| 2003 - 2004 |
Head of the Standing Delegation of Observers of the National Council
of the SR in the European Parliament
(EP’s Committee for Constitutional Affairs) |
| 2003 - 2004 |
Member of the Council of Europe PA’s Committee on Economic
Affairs and Development – Standing Delegation of the National Council
of the SR in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe |
| 2003 - 2004 |
Presidency member of the EPP – ED fraction in the EP |
| 2004 – 2004 |
Vice-Chairman of the Council of Europe PA’s Committee on
Economic Affairs and Development – Standing Delegation of the
National Council of the SR in the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe |
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| Political involvement |
| 1990 |
Member of the Christian-Democratic Movement (KDH) |
| 1992 - 1994 |
Presidency member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) |
| 1994 - 1998 |
Vice-president of KDH for foreign policy |
| 1998 |
Vice-Chairman of the European People’s Party (EPP) fraction in the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe |
| 1998 - 2000 |
Presidency member of the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) |
| 2000 - 2004 |
Vice-Chairman of KDH for foreign policy |
| 2004 - current |
Member of the European Commission |
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| Academic Career |
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| 1995 - 2000 |
Trnava University - lecturer in international relations |
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Membership in International Non-Governmental Organisations
- President of the Pan-European Union in Slovakia;
- Member of the International Committee for Support of Democracy in Cuba;
- Member of the Central European Forum
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Membership in Non-Governmental Organisations in the SR - Member of the Board of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association;
- Member of the Council of the Central European Institute for Economic and Social Reforms
(INEKO);
- Member of the Managing Board of the Foundation for the Support of Social Changes (SOCIA);
- Honorary Chairman of the Centre for European Policy;
- Honorary Chairman of the Kolping Society in Slovakia
- Presidency member of the Anton Tunega Foundation. |
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