EduardKukan

General Data

 * Born on 26 December 1939, Trnovec nad Váhom
 * Country: Slovakia
 * Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (PPE) Party: Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia - Demokratická strana

 Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 03F265 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: [callto://+3222845216 +32 2 28 45 216]/[callto://+3222847216 +32 2 28 47 216] Fax: +32 2 28 49 216 Bâtiment Louise Weiss T09006 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: [callto://+33388175216 +33 3 88 175 216]/[callto://+33388177216 +33 3 88 177 216] Fax: +33 3 88 179 216
 * Parlement européen
 * Parlement européen


 * Email: [mailto:eduard.kukan@europarl.europa.eu eduard.kukan(at)europarl.europa.eu]
 * Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=96651

Functions in European Parliament
(Chair)
 * Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo
 * Conference of Delegation Chairs (Member)
 * Committee on Foreign Affairs (Member)
 * Subcommittee on Human Rights (Member)
 * Committee on Development (Substitute)
 * Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Faculty of Law, Charles University (Prague, 1964)
 * Official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Prague, 1964-1994)
 * Ambassador to Ethiopia (1985-1989)
 * Ambassador of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic to the UN (1990-1993)
 * Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the UN (1993-1994)
 * Member of Demokratická únia (Democratic Union) (1995-1998)
 * Chair of Demokratická únia (1997-1998)
 * Vice-Chair of SDKÚ-DS (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party) (since 2000)
 * Member of Bratislava - Nové Mesto municipal council (since 2007)
 * Chair of the Culture and Sport Committee (since 2007)
 * Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (1994-1998)
 * Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (since 2006)
 * Minister of Foreign Affairs (March-December 1994)
 * Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998-2006)
 * UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to the Balkans (1999-2001)
 * Doctor honoris causa (Upsala College, New Jersey, USA, 1993)
 * Honorary professor of St Petersburg State University (Russian Federation, 2003)

Votes

 * 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 2.5/100
 * 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 12.5/100

Positions
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28/03/2010 Written Declaration 12/2010 (ACTA)
Has signed written declaration 12/2010 on the lack of a transparent process for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and potentially objectionable content.