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 Comenius University Bratislava () is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century ...

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 between 7 June 1990 and 4 June 1992. He served first for the Public Against Violence (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

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, 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

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. 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

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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