FrantiÅ¡ek KnapÃk (born 17 October 1956 in
ĽubotÃn
ĽubotÃn ( hu, Lubotény) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the PreÅ¡ov Region of northern Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was mentioned for the first time in 1330. The oldest record comes from ...
) was the
mayor of the
Slovak city of
Košice
Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...
until December 2010, and a member of the
Christian Democratic Movement (KDH).
He studied at a grammar school (gymnasium) in
Sabinov
Sabinov ( la, Сibinium, hu, Kisszeben, german: Zeben, russian: Сабинов) is a small town located in the Prešov Region (north-eastern Slovakia), approximately 20 km from Prešov and 55 km from Košice. The population of Sabinov ...
and at the College of Forestry and Lumbering, Faculty of Forestry in
Zvolen. He worked then in forestry companies from 1980 to 1996, when he became a mayor of Košice's borough of
Košická Nová Ves Košická Nová Ves ( hu, Kassaújfalu) is a borough (city ward) of Košice, Slovakia. Located in the Košice III district, it lies at an altitude of roughly above sea level.
History
The first written record of Košická Nová Ves is from 1297. ...
, staying at that position until 2003, when he was appointed as a deputy of the mayor of Košice and since 2006, confirmed by municipal election, he is the incumbent mayor of Košice at least until 2010. Since 2006 he is also member of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union in Brussels, where he prepared a report on the Western Balkans adopted in November 2008.
References
* http://www.24hod.sk/clanok-11770-Knapik-predstavil-program-Via-Cassovia.html
* http://www.cassovia.sk/korzar/clanok.php3?sub=16.1.2006/62993K
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110728032136/http://www.ussteel-kosice.sk/media/2007/0704231e.htm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071012224246/http://www.kosice.sk/clanok.asp?file=gov_prim2.htm
1956 births
Living people
People from Stará Ľubovňa District
Christian Democratic Movement politicians
Košice
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