František Šebej (born 11 May 1947) is a Slovak politician and academic. He was member of the National Council of Slovakia between 1998 and 2002 and once more from 2010 until 2018. Between 1990 and 1992 he was member of the House of the Nation of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia.

Career

Šebej was born on 11 May 1947 in

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. He worked at the Comenius University in Bratislava as a researcher at the Institute of Human Bioclimathology and Institute of Experimental psychology between 1971 and 1980. Šebej was a member of the House of Nations of the

Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia The Federal Assembly (, ) was the federal parliament of Czechoslovakia from January 1, 1969 to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on December 31, 1992. It was Czechoslovakia's highest legislative institution. Chapter 3 of the 1960 Constitution of ...

between 7 June 1990 and 4 June 1992. He served first for the

Public Against Violence Public Against Violence ( sk, Verejnosť proti násiliu, VPN) was a political movement established in Bratislava, Slovakia in November 1989. It was the Slovak counterpart of the Czech Civic Forum. Velvet Revolution Public Against Violence (VPN) ...

(VPN) party from 26 September 1990 until 12 November 1991. Then for a combination of the VPN and the Civic Democratic Union between 3 December 1991 and 10 March 1992 and finally solely for the Civic Democratic Union until the end of his term. In 1995 he criticized the government of Slovak Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar, saying the state was becoming more and more authoritarian. Between 1998 and 2002 Šebej was member of the National Council of Slovakia. In 2010 he again became member of the National Council, being elected for Most–Híd in the

2010 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 12 June 2010. The elections were contested by eighteen parties, six of which passed the 5% threshold for sitting in parliament. Despite the incumbent Smer of Prime Minister Robert Fico winning a p ...

. In the parliamentary elections of 2012 he was elected once again for Most–Híd. As of 2015 he chaired the Foreign Affairs committee in the National Council, he has done so since 2010. In April 2014, during the crisis in Ukraine he disagreed with Slovak government policy on defence of Slovakia. He called for increased security efforts, including the possibility of stationing

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troops in the country. On 15 March 2018 Šebej resigned from his seat in the National Council. Šebej is member of the board of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association.

Honors

Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star (2017)

References

External links

Profile on National Council of the Slovak Republic
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sebej, Frantisek 1947 births Living people Academic staff of Comenius University Civic Democratic Union (Slovakia) politicians Most–Híd politicians Members of the Chamber of the Nations of Czechoslovakia (1990–1992) Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1998-2002 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2006-2010 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2012-2016 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016-2020 Politicians from Bratislava Public Against Violence politicians