Rudolf CHMEL

Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic
16.10.2002 till 24.5.2005, also since: 5.4.2006
The Ministry Of Culture Of The Slovak Republic

Born: 11th February 1939, Plzeň
Marital status: married, with four children.

Professional experience:
1961-the present: The Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
- scientific employee specialising in literary activities
- texts dealing with the history of Slovak literature and Slovak-Hungarian literary relations
- monographs, treatises, and studies dealing with political analysis
The Charles University in Prague
- University Professor
Faculty of Philosophy of Comenius University in Bratislava
- University Professor
1993-2000: Open Society Foundation, Bratislava
- Foundation President
- Editor-in-Chief of the socio-political monthly publication 'OS'
1990-1992: Embassy of the Czecho-Slovak Federal Republic in Hungary
- Ambassador

Education:
Faculty of Philosophy of Comenius University, Bratislava
- holds the academic title of PhDr.
-1993: awarded the academic title of doc.
-1992: awarded the academic title of DrSc.

Language skills:
- Russian, Hungarian, Polish, German