Jozef Migaš
Jozef Migaš | |
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| President of Slovakia Acting | |
| In office 30 October 1998 – 15 June 1999 Serving with Mikuláš Dzurinda (Acting) | |
| Prime Minister | Mikuláš Dzurinda |
| Preceded by | Vladimír Mečiar (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Rudolf Schuster |
| Speaker of the National Council | |
| In office 30 October 1998 – 15 October 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Gašparovič |
| Succeeded by | Pavol Hrušovský |
| Ambassador to Ukraine | |
| In office 1995–1996 | |
| Ambassador to Belarus | |
| In office 2 February 2016 – 13 May 2020 | |
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| Born | 7 January 1954 Pušovce, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Political party | Direction-Social Democracy |
| Other political affiliations | Party of the Democratic Left, Communist Party of Slovakia (1939) |
Jozef Migaš (born 7 January 1954) is a Slovak politician who was Speaker of National Council of the Slovak Republic from 1998[1] to 2002,[2] during the government of Mikuláš Dzurinda. He is now in political retirement.
Biography and career
From 1973-1978 he studied at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 1982, he graduated with a Ph.D. Until 1989, he worked as an assistant professor at the Higher Political School of the Central Committee Communist Party of Slovakia in Bratislava, working in party structures at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Kosice. In 1989, he became one of the founders of the Democratic Left Party, being a member of the party’s executive committee. In 1993, he switched to diplomatic work, being an adviser to the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Kiev. In 1995 and 1996, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Slovakia to Ukraine.
From 1996-2001, he was Chairman of the Democratic Left Party. Duirng this time, he was Chairman Parliament of Slovakia (1998-2002). From 30 October 1998 to 15 June 1999, he was the Acting President of Slovakia, serving after the completion of the presidency of Michal Kováč and the political crisis lasting more than a year. In 2003, he completed an internship in foreign policy and improving English in the United States at the American Language Communication Center. He speaks several foreign languages outside the Slovak language: English, Russian, Ukrainian. He was engaged in entrepreneurial activity in the 2000s before going back to the diplomatic sphere in 2009 to become the Ambassador of Slovakia in Russia, a position he served in until 2014. On 2 February 2016, he was appointed to the post of ambassador to Belarus.[3][4]
Victory Day and dismissal
One of the attendees of the 2020 Minsk Victory Day Parade was Migaš, being one of the few foreign ambassadors in attendance.[5] On 13 May 2020, he resigned as ambassador after attending the celebrations as he was one of the two European Union ambassadors and did not inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of their home countries. The Slovak foreign ministry in fact learned about his participation from the local press.
He would later be awarded the Order of Francysk Skaryna by President Lukashenko.[6]
Awards
Russia – Order of Friendship (28 October 2014)[7]
Belarus – Order of Francysk Skaryna (15 June 2020)[8]
References
- ^ "New government bungles parliamentary protocol". The Slovak Spectator. 9 November 1998. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ "SLOVAKIA: NEW SPEAKER SAYS SLOVAK PARLIAMENT NEEDS TO REGAIN PUBLIC TRUST". IPR Strategic Business Information Database. 16 October 2002. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ https://www.prezident.sk/page/velvyslanci/
- ^ Jozef MIGAŠ
- ^ https://reform.by/lukashenko-pohvalil-posla-slovakii-uvolennogo-iz-za-parada-v-minske
- ^ https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2020/06/15/prishedshego-na-parad-pobedy-v-minske-posla-slovakii-nagradili-ordenom
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 28 октября 2014 года № 695 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
- ^ Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 15 июня 2020 года № 212 «О награждении»
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