Peter Burian
PETER BURIAN
State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
| Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Hlboká cesta 2 833 36 Bratislava 37 Slovak Republic Tel.:+ 421 2 5978 3101 |
Date of Birth: March 21th, 1959
Place of Birth: Hlohovec, Slovakia
Nationality: Slovak
Education
| 1989 - 1991 | Diplomatic Academy in Moscow, Russia |
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| 1983 | Institute of International Relations, School of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava |
| 1981 - 1982 | study program, University of Cairo, Egypt |
| 1978 - 1983 | St. Petersburg State University – Department of Oriental Studies, Russia |
Professional Carrier
| April 2012 - | State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic |
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| 2008 - 2012 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary – Slovak Embassy in Washington, D.C., USA |
| 2006 - 2008 | Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations Security Council |
| 2004 - 2008 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations in New York, USA |
| 2003 - 2004 | Director of the Policy Planning and Analysis Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia |
| 1999 - 2003 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of Slovakia´s Mission to NATO and WEU in Brussels, Belgium |
| 1997 | Director General for Human Dimension Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia |
| 1993 - 1997 | II. Secretary, later chargé d’affaires a.i. and Minister Counselor, Deputy Chief of Mission, Slovak Embassy in Washington, D.C., USA |
| 1992 | II. Secretary, Embassy of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic in Washington, D.C., USA |
| 1991 - 1992 | Czechoslovak Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Middle East Department |
| 1987 - 1989 | chargé d’affaires a.i., Czechoslovak Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1983 - 1987 | Czechoslovak Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Middle East Department |
| 1983 - 1992 | Czechoslovak Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Language skills
| English, French, Russian, Arabic, German |




