Ján Kubiš

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic (2006–2009). After graduation from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (1976–1992) and served as an Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the UN (1993–1994). He held the office of Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre (1994–1998) and served as OSCE Secretary General (1993–1994). Since 2005, he has been the EU Special Representative for Central Asia with office in Brussels.