NATO Permanent Representative of Slovakia

František Kašický

2008 -

Personal data:

Date of birth: November 18th 1968
Marital status: married, two children

Education:

1987 - 1991 Military Pedagogical University in Bratislava. State exam, degree Mgr.
1995  Akademie der Bundeswehr fur Information und Kommunikation, Strausberg, SRN / Academy of  German federative army for information and communication in Strausberg, Germany/
1996  Exam – Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius university, Bratislava.

 

Next education:

2000 - 2001 Defence Language Institute, Texas, USA
2001 Defence Information School, Maryland, USA
1997  Scholarship for speakers of central governmental agencies - USA
1992  Bundeshwehr - Centrum fur Innere Fuhrung - /Internal command centre / Germany
1996 Special course for military speakers – Switzerland
2003  CIA - Special intelligence course – Operations Management Seminar USA/SR 

 

Occupation history:

1991 – 1993 Senior officer for social management
1993 – 1998 Editor specialist – military weekly paper OBRANA
Managing director – specialist, department for press and information of Ministry office
Press secretary of Minister of Defence
Chief Manager of group for press and information MOD SR - Press secretary of Minister of Defence
Press department director – MOD SR speaker
Ministry of Defence office – Deputy Director
1998 - 2000 Assistant of Secretary of State MOD SR
Chief Manager of Secretary of State MOD SR office
2000 - 2001 Foreign study in USA
2001 - 2003 Ministry of Defence office Director
Director of communication office - Ministry of Defence office – Deputy Director
MOD SR speaker
2003 - 2004   Director of Military Defensive Intelligence of MOD SR
2004 - 2006 Secretary of parliament committee for defence and security, distinctively control committee of Slovak Parliament for control of SR National Security Agency, committee of Slovak Parliament for control of use an informational – technical means.
2006 - 2008 Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic
May 2008 Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to NATO

 

Language skills:

English – fluently

Russian – elementary