Rudolf Chmel (born 11 February 1939) is a Slovak politician who was

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in the government of

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from 2002 to 2005 and again in 2006. He was also the last ambassador of

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accredited to

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, a member of the Parliament of Slovakia, and a writer and editor.Rudolf Chmel on the CV delegations
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Iveta Radičová Iveta Radičová (; ; born 7 December 1956) is a Slovak sociologist and former politician who served as prime minister of Slovakia from 2010 to 2012. The first woman to hold the position, Radičová led a Radičová's Cabinet, coalition governme ...

's government.

Education and literature career

He graduated in 1961 in

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and language at the Faculty of Arts of

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. He received the academic title DrSc. in 1992 and became an associate professor in 1993. Between 1993 and 2000 he was the president of the

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in Bratislava. He taught at

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and at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava. From 1961 he worked for the

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in Bratislava, initially at the Slovak Literature Institute, later, in 1964, he moved to the World Literature and Languages Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. He became a researcher at the Literary Studies Institute in 1973. Between 1972 and 1982 he was an editor of the journal ''Slovenská literatúra'' (Slovak Literature) and from 1982 he was secretary of the Czechoslovak Writers Union. In 1988 he became editor-in-chief of journal ''Slovenské pohľady'' (Slovak Views).

Political career

From June 1990 until 1992 he served as the last Czechoslovak ambassador to Hungary. After his return, he went back to the Slovak Academy of Science. In the 2002 elections he was elected Member of the Parliament for the Party

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, which nominated him for the

. He held this position from 16 October 2002 to 24 May 2005 and 5 April 2006 to 4 July 2006. From 2009 to 2014 he was the vice-president of

Most–Híd Most–Híd 2023 (; ; from the Slovak and Hungarian words for "bridge") is an inter-ethnic political party in Slovakia. Its programme calls for greater cooperation between the country's Hungarian minority and ethnic Slovak majority. It was o ...

. In 2009 he was one of those who got the Award for Good Neighborhood and Understanding.Népszabadság: Kiosztották az első magyar-szlovák jószomszédság-díjat
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Personal life

He speaks

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, Slovak,

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, Hungarian,

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and

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. He is married and has four children.

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Education and literature career

Political career

Personal life

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