State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic

Expertise:
•    Central Europe
•    Foreign and Security Policy of the USA
•    Transatlantic Relations

State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Mr. Róbert Ondrejcsák assumed the office after the elections in July this year. Prior to his appointment, from 2007,  he worked as the Executive Director in the Center for European and North Atlantic Affairs (CENAA) – think tank focused on international relations and security policy. Meanwhile, he was one of the editors of the prestigious project Panorama of Global Security Environment and lecturer at the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations of University of Matej Bel. Before joining CENAA he served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Slovak Embassy to Hungary (2005-2007). From 2003 to 2005, he held the position of the Director of the Security and Defence Studies Institute at the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic. He also worked as foreign and security policy advisor to the Vice-President of the National Council of the Slovak Republic in 2002-2003.