František Kašický (born 18 November 1968 in
Gelnica,
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
) was a
defence minister
A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...
of
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
from 4 July 2006 to 30 January 2008.
Kašický is a former chief of Office of the Minister of Defence, Director of Communication Department, and ministry spokesman. Between 2003 and 2004, Kašický was a director of Military Defence Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence.
After it was found that the Slovak ministry of defence had accepted overpriced contracts for various services, such as cleaning, Kašický resigned on 30 January 2008.
Kašický was the Slovak ambassador to Norway and Iceland from 2013 to 2017.
References
External links
Official website of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic
1968 births
Living people
People from Gelnica
Defence ministers of Slovakia
Ambassador of Slovakia to Norway
Ambassador of Slovakia to Iceland
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