{"id":382,"date":"2012-10-03T11:16:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T09:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janfigel.sk\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2012-10-03T11:16:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T09:16:27","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/sk\/cv\/","title":{"rendered":"CURRICULUM VITAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>J\u00e1n Fige\u013e<\/h2>\n<p>Special Envoy for promotion of freedom of relgion outside the EU<\/p>\n<p>Nationality: Slovak<br \/>\nBirth date and place: 20 January 1960, Vranov nad Top\u013eou, Slovakia<br \/>\nMarital status: Married, 4 children<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/janfigel.org\/cv\/p0124110005h\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-396\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-396 alignnone\" title=\"P0124110005H\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/janfigel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P0124110005H.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P0124110005H.jpg 620w, https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P0124110005H-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Political Career<\/h3>\n<p><strong>2016<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecial Envoy for promotion of freedom of relgion outside the EU<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012 \u2013 2016<\/strong><br \/>\nVice-President of the National Council of the Slovak Republic<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010 \u2013 2012<\/strong><br \/>\nFirst Deputy-Prime Minister of the Government of the Slovak Republic and Minister of Transport, Construction and Regional Development<\/p>\n<p><strong>2009 \u2013 2016<\/strong><br \/>\nChairman of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004 &#8211; 2009<\/strong><br \/>\nMember of the European Commission &#8211; Education, Training, Culture and Youth portfolio<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004 &#8211; May \u2013 November<\/strong><br \/>\nMember of the European Commission &#8211; Enterprise and Information Society portfolio<\/p>\n<p><strong>2003 &#8211; 2004<\/strong><br \/>\nHead of the Standing Delegation of Observers of the National Council of the Slovak Republic in the European Parliament, also Member of the Presidency of the EPP-EP fraction of the European Parliament<\/p>\n<p><strong>2002 \u2013 2003<\/strong><br \/>\nRepresentative of the Slovak National Council at the Convention on the Future of Europe<\/p>\n<p><strong>1998 \u2013 2003<\/strong><br \/>\nState Secretary, Chief Negotiator of the Slovak Republic for negotiations on the accession of Slovakia to the EU<\/p>\n<p><strong>1992 \u2013 1998<\/strong><br \/>\nMember of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, also Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Vice-Chairman of the EPP fraction in the Parliamentary Assembly of the CoE (1998)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since 1990<\/strong><br \/>\nFounding Member of the Christian-Democratic Movement (KDH)<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/janfigel.org\/cv\/p0145680016h\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-398\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-398\" title=\"P0145680016H\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/janfigel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P0145680016H.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P0145680016H.jpg 620w, https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P0145680016H-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Academic Career and Formation<\/h3>\n<p>2002 \u2013 2007 PhD at St. Elisabeth University, Bratislava<br \/>\n1995 \u2013 2000 Lecturer of International Relations, Trnava University, Slovakia<br \/>\n1994 Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA, Semestrial course on International relations<br \/>\n1994 UFSIA Antwerp, Belgium, Semestrial course on European economic integration<br \/>\n1978 \u2013 1983 Engineer in Power Electronics, Technical University Ko\u0161ice<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Membership in Non-Governmental Organizations<\/h3>\n<p>Member of the Board of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association<br \/>\nMember of the International Committee for Support of Democracy in Cuba<br \/>\nHonorary Chairman of the Centre for European Policy<br \/>\nHonorary President of the Kolping Society in Slovakia<br \/>\nPresidency member of the Anton Tunega Foundation<br \/>\nFormer President of the Pan-European Union in Slovakia<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n<p>J\u00e1n Fige\u013e: In the Centre of Common Europe, MCP \u017dilina, 2011<br \/>\nJ\u00e1n Fige\u013e: Maturation for Europe, Negotiator\u00b4s Chronicle, MCP \u017dilina, 2005<br \/>\nJ\u00e1n Fige\u013e, Miroslav Adami\u0161: Slovakia on the Road to the European Union \u2013 Chapters and Contexts, 2003<br \/>\nJ\u00e1n Fige\u013e, Wolfgang Roth: Slovakia on the Road to EU Membership (co-editor), 2002<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Awards<\/h3>\n<p>Human Tolerance and Humanitarian Award (The Czecho-Slovak Society of Arts and Science, Washington DC),<br \/>\nKnight of the Honorary Legion (President of the French Republic),<br \/>\nThe Interfaith Golden Medallion (International Council of Christians and Jews, Cambridge, Great Britain),<br \/>\nFreedom award (International Peace Centre in Sarajevo),<br \/>\nDoctor honoris causa, Technical University Ko\u0161ice<br \/>\nDoctor honoris causa, Dimitri Cantemir University in Bucharest<br \/>\nDoctor honoris causa, Trnava University<br \/>\nDoctor honoris causa, St. Elisabeth University, Bratislava<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last update: 7\/2016<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J\u00e1n Fige\u013e Special Envoy for promotion of freedom of relgion outside the EU Nationality: Slovak Birth date and place: 20 January 1960, Vranov nad Top\u013eou, Slovakia Marital status: Married, 4 children Political Career 2016 Special Envoy for promotion of freedom of relgion outside the EU 2012 \u2013 2016 Vice-President of the National Council of 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