Nationality: Slovak
Birth date and place: 24 July 1966, Bratislava
Marital status: Married, three children

 
Education/Studies/Courses:
 
1984 - 1985 University of Economics, Bratislava, Slovakia
1985 - 1990 Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russia
1990 Comenius University, Faculty of Law, Bratislava (Doctor of Law – JUDr.)
1990 Université d´Eté de Perpignan, Paris, France
1991 Stanford University, Hoover Institution, Stanford, USA
1992 L´Alliance française, Harare, Zimbabwe
1996 Salzburg Seminar, Salzburg, Austria
1996 - 2000 Comenius University, Faculty of Law, Bratislava (postgraduate studies in international/European law – PhD.)
2000 Ulpan Akiva, Netanya, Israel
2000 Dale Carnegie Associates, Tel Aviv, Israel

 
Professional career:
 
1990 Advisor to the first Deputy Foreign Minister, Czech and Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1991 - 1992 Third Secretary and Consul, Embassy of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Harare, Zimbabwe
1992 Deputy Chief of Mission and Second Secretary, Embassy of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Ottawa, Canada
1995 EU and NATO countries department, Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
1996 Deputy Director – EU and NATO countries department, Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
1997 Deputy Director – Foreign Minister's Office
1998  Director – Foreign Minister's Office
1998 Deputy Head of Mission, Counsellor, Slovak Mission to the EU, Brussels, Belgium
1999 Ambassador, Slovak Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel
2002 Director General, Bilateral Cooperation Section, Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2003 Director General, European Affairs Section, Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
2004 Ambassador. Slovak Permanent Representative to the EU
01.10.2009 - 08.02.2010  Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
09.02.2010  Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration 

 
Other:
 
Publications:
European Law – Selected Chapters. (160p.)

Awards:
Chatam Sofer Medal for promotion of Slovak-Israeli relations

Language skills:
English, French, Russian, German

Special interests:
Sport (tennis, jogging, skiing), biographies