{"id":15250,"date":"2025-05-12T03:45:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T01:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/?page_id=15250"},"modified":"2026-01-06T01:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:16:10","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/sk\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"O mne"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Som J\u00e1n Fige\u013e (nar. 1960), p\u00f4vodom z \u010caklova v okrese Vranov nad Top\u013eou, man\u017eel a otec \u0161tyroch det\u00ed. Vy\u0161tudoval som Elektrotechnick\u00fa fakultu na Technickej univerzite v Ko\u0161iciach. Nesk\u00f4r som sa zameral na \u0161t\u00fadium medzin\u00e1rodn\u00fdch vz\u0165ahov vo Washingtone (USA) a eur\u00f3pskej ekonomickej integr\u00e1cie v Antverp\u00e1ch (Belgicko). \u0160tyri roky som vyu\u010doval medzin\u00e1rodn\u00e9 vz\u0165ahy na Trnavskej univerzite v Trnave. PhD \u0161t\u00fadium som zav\u0155\u0161il na Vysokej \u0161kole sv. Al\u017ebety v Bratislave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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V profesion\u00e1lnom \u017eivote som od r. 1983 pracoval ako kon\u0161trukt\u00e9r a v\u00fdvoj\u00e1r v ZPA Pre\u0161ov. Od Novembra 1989 som bol akt\u00edvny pri zakladan\u00ed Kres\u0165anskodemokratick\u00e9ho hnutia. Od r. 1992 som sa venoval zahrani\u010dnej a eur\u00f3pskej politike ako poslanec NR SR, a od r. 1998 ako \u0161t\u00e1tny tajomn\u00edk Ministerstva zahrani\u010dn\u00fdch vec\u00ed SR a hlavn\u00fd vyjedn\u00e1va\u010d pre vstup do E\u00da. Rokovania o vstupe trvali do decembra 2002. Ich v\u00fdsledkom bola Pr\u00edstupov\u00e1 zmluva SR s E\u00da, ktorej som jedn\u00fdm zo \u0161tyroch signat\u00e1rom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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V \u00falohe \u0161t\u00e1tneho tajomn\u00edka MZV som v r. 1999\u20132002 viedol aj pr\u00edpravu na \u010dlenstvo SR v NATO. Po vstupe do Eur\u00f3pskej \u00fanie som od 1. m\u00e1ja 2004 pracoval ako prv\u00fd slovensk\u00fd eurokomis\u00e1r, zodpovedn\u00fd za podnikanie a informa\u010dn\u00fa spolo\u010dnos\u0165, a nesk\u00f4r za vzdel\u00e1vanie, odborn\u00fa pr\u00edpravu, kult\u00faru a ml\u00e1de\u017e.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Inicioval som excelentn\u00fd program medzin\u00e1rodnej univerzitnej spolupr\u00e1ce Erasmus Mundus (2004) a zalo\u017eil Eur\u00f3psky inova\u010dn\u00fd a technologick\u00fd in\u0161tit\u00fat (EIT, 2008), ktor\u00fd je dnes najv\u00e4\u010d\u0161\u00edm inova\u010dn\u00fdm ekosyst\u00e9mom v Eur\u00f3pe s vy\u0161e 2400 partnermi, ktor\u00fdmi s\u00fa univerzity, v\u00fdskumn\u00e9 centr\u00e1 a podniky.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ako vicepremi\u00e9r a minister dopravy v rokoch 2010\u20132012 som zah\u00e1jil v\u00fdstavbu 56 kilometrov nov\u00fdch dia\u013enic a 72 km som odovzdal do u\u017e\u00edvania. Ako podpredseda NR SR a predseda KDH som v r. 2013\u20132014 inicioval prijatie defin\u00edcie, ochrany a podpory man\u017eelstva ako jedine\u010dn\u00e9ho zv\u00e4zku medzi mu\u017eom a \u017eenou do \u00dastavy Slovenskej republiky.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Po\u010das ute\u010deneckej kr\u00edzy na Bl\u00edzkom v\u00fdchode a prenasledovania n\u00e1bo\u017eensk\u00fdch a etnick\u00fdch men\u0161\u00edn v Iraku a S\u00fdrii teroristami tzv. Islamsk\u00e9ho \u0161t\u00e1tu (ISIS) som bol vymenovan\u00fd za prv\u00e9ho Osobitn\u00e9ho vyslanca pre slobodu n\u00e1bo\u017eenstva alebo viery mimo E\u00da (2016\u20132019). Podie\u013eal som sa na z\u00e1chrane \u017eivotov a slobody celkovo 25 ods\u00faden\u00fdch alebo prenasledovan\u00fdch os\u00f4b v Pakistane, Sud\u00e1ne, Ir\u00e1ne a na Kube.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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B\u00fdvam v Bratislave a pracujem v oblasti inov\u00e1ci\u00ed, priemyseln\u00fdch projektov a region\u00e1lneho rozvoja. Som predsedom Spr\u00e1vnej rady Nad\u00e1cie Tunegu, P\u00fa\u010dika a Tes\u00e1ra. V medzin\u00e1rodn\u00fdch vz\u0165ahoch sa venujem podpore \u013eudskej d\u00f4stojnosti, n\u00e1bo\u017eenskej slobody a mieru a spolupr\u00e1ce medzi n\u00e1rodmi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Od r. 2025 som hos\u0165uj\u00facim lektorom na MCC Kol\u00e9giu v Budape\u0161ti a hos\u0165uj\u00facim profesorom na univerzite CEU San Pablo v Madride. Som predsedom mimovl\u00e1dnej organiz\u00e1cie FOREF Europe a predsedom Vedeck\u00e9ho v\u00fdboru Nad\u00e1cie Clementy pre \u0161t\u00fadium Schumanovho dedi\u010dstva, v spolupr\u00e1ci s P\u00e1pe\u017eskou akad\u00e9miou vied vo Vatik\u00e1ne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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