Slovakia

Dr Robert Ondrejcsák, Ambassador of Slovakia to the United Kingdom (from December 2020). He holds PhD. In International Relations MA in Political Science, History and Philosophy.

He served as the State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic in two governments (2010- 2012 and 2016-2020). He also acted as a director of the Centre for European and North Atlantic Affairs (CENAA) (2007-2010 and 2016-2020).

He is the founder of another security policy think-tank, the STRATPOL – Strategic Policy Institute (2016).

Previously Dr Ondrejcsák was a Director of the Institute for Security and Defence Studies (research centre of the Slovak Ministry of Defence). He also served as a Counsellor and Deputy Chief of the Mission of the Slovak Embassy to Hungary, as well as Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to the Vice-Chairman of the Slovak Parliament, advisor of the NATO Department at the Slovak Ministry of Defence and analyst of the Slovak Centre for Strategic Studies.

He is the author of several books on international relations and security policy, numerous articles and papers.

Dr Ondrejcsák led many transition and security sector reform projects, activities and consultancy, focusing on Ukraine and Georgia.

He actively shapes the public debate in Slovakia on foreign policy, security and defence. He strongly advocates Slovakia´s pro-Atlantic and pro-European foreign policy, is active in the fight against extremism, and supports freedom, democracy and human rights.

Dr Ondrejcsák is an awardee of the Bundeswehr Cross of Honour in Gold, granted for supporting European and Trans-Atlantic cooperation. He speaks English, French, Russian, Slovak and Hungarian.