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Miroslav Lajčák Foreign Minister of Slovakia In office
26 January 2009 – 9 July 2010Prime Minister Robert Fico Preceded by Ján Kubiš Succeeded by Mikuláš Dzurinda High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina In office
30 June 2007 – 26 March 2009Preceded by Christian Schwarz-Schilling Succeeded by Valentin Inzko Personal details Born 20 March 1963
Poprad, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)Nationality Slovak Religion Roman Catholic Dr. Miroslav Lajčák (born on 20 March 1963 in Poprad, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak diplomat.
Lajčák is a law graduate from the Comenius University in Bratislava. He holds a Ph.D. in international relations from the State Institute of International Relations in Moscow and is also a graduate of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.[1]
He joined the Czechoslovak foreign ministry in 1988. Between 1991 and 1993 Lajčák was posted to the Czechoslovak and subsequently the Slovak embassy in Moscow. Lajčák was Slovakia’s ambassador to Japan between 1994 and 1998. Between 1993 and 1994 he served as the chef de cabinet of Slovakia’s then Foreign Minister and later Prime Minister, Jozef Moravčík. Between 2001 and 2005, Lajčák was based in Belgrade as Slovakia’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro), Albania and the Republic of Macedonia. He was the EU's supervisor to the 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum.[citation needed]
On 30 June 2007 Lajčák became the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina/EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina succeeding Christian Schwarz-Schilling to the post.[2] He kept this post until March 2009.
On 16 December 2007 he received the Person of the Year award from one of the largest Bosnian dailies "Nezavisne novine".[3] Two weeks later, on 28 December, he was awarded the same title by another Bosnian daily "Dnevni Avaz".[4]
On January 26, 2009 Lajčák became the Foreign Minister of Slovakia,[5] until July 2010.
In December 2010 he was appointed as Managing Director for Russia, Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans in the EU's External Action Service.[6]
He is fluent in English, German, Russian, Bulgarian, as well as Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian languages.[7] Lajčák's second wife Jarmila Lajčáková-Hargašová is a TV news presenter.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoBios/setimes/resource_centre/bio-archive/lajcak_miroslav
- ^ http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/de/Laenderinformationen/Slowakei/090310-AntrittsbesuchAM,navCtx=31296.html
- ^ "Lajčák is person of the year in Bosnia" (in Slovak). SME. December 16, 2007. http://www.sme.sk/c/3639595/Lajcak-je-v-Bosne-Osobnost-roka.html. Retrieved 2008-04-25. "Article in Nezavisne novine: [1]"
- ^ "Lajčák person of the year again" (in Slovak). SME. December 29, 2007. http://www.sme.sk/c/3654947/Slovensky-spravca-Bosny-opat-Osobnostou-roka.html. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ http://www.consilium.europa.eu/showPage.aspx?id=1293&lang=en
- ^ http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/679&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
- ^ http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoBios/setimes/resource_centre/bio-archive/lajcak_miroslav
Political offices Preceded by
Christian Schwarz-SchillingHigh Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Succeeded by
Valentin InzkoPreceded by
Ján KubišForeign Minister of Slovakia Succeeded by
Mikuláš DzurindaHigh Representatives for Bosnia and Herzegovina Carl Bildt • Carlos Westendorp • Wolfgang Petritsch • Paddy Ashdown • Christian Schwarz-Schilling • Miroslav Lajčák • Valentin InzkoGovernment of Slovakia 2006–2010 Prime Minister Deputy Prime Ministers Ministers Ján Počiatek · Ján Kubiš · Miroslav Lajčák · Ľubomír Jahnátek · František Kašický · Jaroslav Baška · Marek Maďarič · Ivan Valentovič · Richard Raši · Miroslav Jureňa · Zdenka Kramplová · Stanislav Becík · Vladimír Chovan · Ľubomír Vážny · Marian Janušek · Igor Štefanov · Viera Tomanová · Jaroslav Izák · Ján Chrbet · Viliam Turský · Jozef MedveďCategories:- 1963 births
- Living people
- People from Poprad
- Slovak diplomats
- European Union diplomats
- High Representatives for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni
- Ambassadors of Slovakia
- Government ministers of Slovakia
- Ambassadors to Serbia and Montenegro
- Ambassadors to Albania
- Ambassadors to the Republic of Macedonia
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