Ján Figeľ
Ján Figeľ [ jaːn ˈfigɛʎ ] (born January 20, 1960 in Vranov nad Topľou ) is a Slovak politician and chairman of the Catholic-conservative party Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (Christian Democratic Movement, KDH) and was Minister of Transport from 2010 to 2012. From 2004 until 2009 he was a member of the European Commission as Commissioner for Education, Training and Culture . He is currently deputy chairman of the Slovak National Council .
Life
From 1978 to 1983 Figeľ studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Košice . In 1994 he completed one-semester postgraduate courses in international issues at Georgetown University in Washington, DC ( USA ) and at the University of Antwerp ( Belgium ).
After working in his profession, Figeľ was a member of the “National Council of the Slovak Republic” (the Slovak Parliament) for the (then) opposition Catholic-conservative Christian Democratic Movement (Kresťansko-democické hnutie) from 1992 to 1998 . He then became State Secretary in the Dzurinda Government's Foreign Ministry until 2002 . During this time he was responsible for the accession negotiations with the EU . From 2002 to 2004 he was again a member of the National Council for the same party and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
From 1995 to 2000 he was also a lecturer in international relations at Trnava University .
In addition to his own European political offices in Slovakia and the representation of his country in the Council of Europe , he was a member of the Convention on the Future of Europe in 2002/2003. After a training period in the European Parliament , he has been EU Commissioner since 2004. From May to November, he was with Erkki Liikanen , Enterprise Commissioner . Since then he has been responsible for education and culture , actually he wanted to be commissioner for IT.
Figeľ is a member of various pro-European associations in Slovakia. In 2009 he was elected chairman of the KDH and left the commission on October 1, 2009. His successor is Maroš Šefčovič .
In the Radičová government , Figeľ was appointed Minister of Transport, Post and Telecommunications. After the change of government in 2012, he is now Deputy Chairman of Parliament.
Suspected plagiarism
In August 2012, Figeľ hit the headlines after it was revealed that his PhD dissertation may have been plagiarized . He received his degree in social work in 2007 from the private St. Elisabeth University of Health and Social Work in Bratislava. According to the newspaper SME , large parts of his dissertation were copied from a book co-authored by Figeľ on the accession negotiations between Slovakia and the European Union from 2003, but without naming the co-author. Figeľ was one of the negotiators in Slovakia and at the time of writing the dissertation was the EU commissioner for education and culture. Despite deficiencies in the content, the university decided, according to its own statement, "with a view to its international position" to award the degree; according to the Rector's confession, Figeľ should have increased the school's reputation as a prominent student. Figeľ also defended his work, since the social dimension of EU accession was one of the key issues. The Slovak Ministry of Education is currently reviewing the legality of Figeľs dissertation as well as the accreditation of the university.
Publications
- Ján Figeľ: Culture, intercultural dialogue and the role of religion 2007, ISSN 1781-6858 (dissertation VŠZaSP Bratislava 2007).
- Jan Figel, Miroslav Adamis: The accession of the Slovak Republic to the EU , in: Giōrgos Vasileiou: The Accession Story. The EU from 15 to 25 Countries , Oxford University Press, Oxford 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-921587-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Former EU Education Commissioner Faces Ph.D. Inquiry ( August 29, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ), Science, accessed August 27, 2012
- ↑ Slovakia: Ex-Education Commissioner's dissertation is being examined , Die Presse, accessed on August 27, 2012
- ↑ Ján Figeľ má podozrivý titul, minister Čaplovič ho preverí , Webnoviny.sk, accessed on August 27, 2012.
- ↑ VŠZaSP Vysoká škola zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce sv. Alžbety v Bratislave - private Catholic university, German: University of Health and Social Work of St. Elisabeth in Bratislava
- ↑ The doctoral student JF has taken texts from here without properly marking them as quotations.
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Additions:
Joaquín Almunia (from April 2004) |
Péter Balázs (from May 2004) |
Jacques Barrot (from April 2004) |
Joseph Borġ (from May 2004) |
Stavros Dimas (from March 2004) |
Ján Figeľ (from May 2004) |
Dalia Grybauskaitė (from May 2004) |
Danuta Hübner (from May 2004) |
Siim Kallas (from May 2004) |
Sandra Kalniete (from May 2004) |
Márkos Kyprianoú (from May 2004) |
Janez Potočnik (from May 2004) |
Olli Rehn (from July 2004) |
Pavel Telička (from May 2004)
Joaquín Almunia | José Manuel Barroso | Jacques Barrot | Joseph Borġ | Stavros Dimas | Benita Ferrero-Waldner | Ján Figeľ (until October 2009) | Mariann Fischer Boel | Franco Frattini (until May 2008) | Dalia Grybauskaitė (until July 2009) | Danuta Hübner (until July 2009) | Siim Kallas | László Kovács | Neelie Kroes | Márkos Kyprianoú (until March 2008) | Peter Mandelson (until October 2008) | Louis Michel (until July 2009) | Andris Piebalgs | Janez Potočnik | Charlie McCreevy | Viviane Reding | Olli Rehn | Vladimír Špidla | Günter Verheugen | Margot Wallström
Additions:
Catherine Ashton (from October 2008) |
Karel De Gucht (from July 2009) |
Meglena Kunewa (from January 2007) |
Leonard Orban (from January 2007) |
Paweł Samecki (from July 2009) |
Maroš Šefčovič (from October 2009) |
Algirdas Šemeta (from July 2009) |
Antonio Tajani (from May 2008) |
Androulla Vassiliou (from March 2008)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Figeľ, Ján |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak politician and European Commissioner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vranov nad Topľou |