Curriculum vitae

MIROSLAV LAJČÁK
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic
Hlboká cesta 2
833 36 Bratislava 37
Slovak Republic
Tel.:
+ 421 2 5978 3001
+ 421 2 5978 3002
Fax: + 421 2 5978 3009
E-mail: kami@mzv.sk

Date of Birth: March 20th, 1963
Place of Birth: Poprad, Slovakia
Nationality: Slovak

Education

Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations

Commenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Law

College of International and Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch – Partenkirchen

Professional Career

April 4th, 2012 – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic

December 2010 – April 2012 Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service, Brussels

January 2009 – July 2010 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic

July 2007 – January 2009 High Representative/European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

2006 Personal Representative of European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy to facilitate the referendum on the independence of Montenegro

2005 – 2007 Director General for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bratislava

2005 Head of the Permanent Secretariat for the organization of the Summit of the Presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States of America in Bratislava

2001 – 2005 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro), Republic of Albania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

1999 – 2001 Assistant to the United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy for the Balkans

1998 – 2001 Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic

1994 – 1998 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to Japan

1993 – 1994 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava
Director of the Cabinet of the Minister
Director of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Slovakia

1991 – 1993 Embassy of Czechoslovakia, Moscow (from January 1st, 1993 Embassy of Slovakia)

1988 – 1991 Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, Prague

April 4th, 2012 –	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic
December 2010 – April 2012	Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service, Brussels
January 2009 – July 2010	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic
July 2007 – January 2009	High Representative/European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
2006	Personal Representative of European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy to facilitate the referendum on the independence of Montenegro
2005 – 2007	Director General for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bratislava
2005	Head of the Permanent Secretariat for the organization of the Summit of the Presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States of America in Bratislava
2001 – 2005	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro), Republic of Albania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1999 – 2001	Assistant to the United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy for the Balkans
1998 – 2001	Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic
1994 – 1998	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to Japan
1993 – 1994	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava Director of the Cabinet of the Minister Director of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Slovakia
1991 – 1993	Embassy of Czechoslovakia, Moscow (from January 1st, 1993 Embassy of Slovakia)
1988 – 1991	Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, Prague