Eugen Jurzyca
Eugen Jurzyca | |
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| Minister of Education of Slovakia | |
| Assumed office 9 July 2010 – 4 April 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Ján Mikolaj |
| Succeeded by | Dušan Čaplovič |
| Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 8, 1958 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Economics in Bratislava Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service |
Eugen Jurzyca (born 8 February 1958) is a Slovak politician. During the period of Iveta Radičová government (8 July 2010 – 4 April 2012) served as the Minister of Education of Slovakia. He is the recipient of the Order of Ludovít Štúr of the second class, awarded in 2005 by the President of Slovakia. In February 2012, one month before the parliamentary election, Jurzyca became a member of Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party (SDKÚ-DS). In January 2015 he became a member of Freedom and Solidarity (SaS).[1]
Biography
From 1984 to 1987, Jurzyca was a member of the Czechoslovak Football Commission. In 1993, he trained at the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission and the World Bank.[2] He was later a member of the panel at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Kiev, Ukraine and at the European Commission "Baltic Booster Conference". In 1996 and 1997, Jurzyca was a panel member at OECD seminars for competition in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Kiev and Istanbul, Turkey. From 1998 to 1999, he was a member of the faculty at the University of Economics in Bratislava, his alma mater, and the Comenius University in Bratislava. Later positions include serving as consultant for the World Bank and a member of the Government Economic Council.
Jurzyca was elected to the National Council of the Slovak Republic. Soon after, he was selected to be Minister of Education.[3]
Personal life
Eugen Jurzyca is married with two children.
See also
References
- ^ "DOBRÉ SPRÁVY SA EŠTE NEMINULI". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Eugen Jurzyca" (PDF). INEKO. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
- ^ "Eugen Jurzyca". The Slovak Spectator. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
- People from Bratislava
- Government ministers of Slovakia
- Members of the National Council (Slovakia)
- Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party politicians
- Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni
- 1958 births
- Living people
- University of Economics in Bratislava alumni
- Freedom and Solidarity politicians