Fast-track Slovak
By Peter O'Donnell - 25.03.2010 / 04:36 CET
The Slovak commissioner has come a long way in a short time, but his new job will test his cheerfulness as never before.
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Stickers left on cars of EU civil servants as Unions warn of rising anti-EU aggression. |
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Commission to move into the Orban building. |
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A new name for the directorate-general for information society and media. |
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Maroš Šefcovic, as seen by Marco Villard.
Fact file
Curriculum Vitae
1966: Born, Bratislava
1984-85: University of Economics, Bratislava
1985-90: State Institute of International Relations, Moscow
1990: Doctorate in law, Comenius University, Bratislava
1990-91: Adviser to Czechoslovak deputy foreign minister
1991: Stanford University
1991-92: Official, Czechoslovak embassy, Zimbabwe
1992-95: Official, Czechoslovak and Slovak mission, Canada
1995-97: EU and NATO department, Slovak ministry of foreign affairs
1997-98: Deputy director, foreign minister's office
1998: Director, foreign minister's office
1998-99: Deputy head, Slovak mission to the EU
1999-2002: Slovak ambassador to Israel
2002-03: Director-general, bilateral co-operation section, ministry of foreign affairs
2003-04: Director-general, European affairs section, ministry of foreign affairs
2004-09: Slovak permanent representative to the EU
2009: European commissioner for education, training and culture
2010-: European commissioner for inter-institutional relations and administration
Progress on the first European Citizens' Initiatives.
The Czechs' accidental European commissioner.
Patrick Lambert on a career that led from British Gas to leadership of the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation.
Stickers left on cars of EU civil servants as Unions warn of rising anti-EU aggression.
