Editing Jan Figel

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[[File:Jan.Figel.jpg|400px|thumbnail|left|The Hon. Jan Figel Former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia speaking at The Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the EU 2013]]

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! colspan="2" class="n" style="text-align: center; font-size: 132%;" |Jan Figel
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
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| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" |In office
 
1 January 2007 – 1 October 2009
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
| Himself (Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism)
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! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
| Maroš Šefčovič
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism
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| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" |In office
 
22 November 2004 – 1 January 2007
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
| Viviane Reding
Dalia Grybauskaitė (Education and Culture)
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! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
| Himself (Education, Training, Culture and Youth)
Leonard Orban (Multilingualism)
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society
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| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" |In office
 
1 May 2004 – 22 November 2004
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
| Erkki Liikanen
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! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
| Günter Verheugen (Enterprise and Industry)
Viviane Reding (Information Society and Media)
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Personal details
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! style="text-align:left;" | Born
|20 January 1960
Čaklov, Czechoslovakia
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! style="text-align:left;" | Political party
|Christian Democratic Movement
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! style="text-align:left;" | Spouse(s)
| Mária Figeľová
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! style="text-align:left;" | Alma mater
| Technical University of Košice
Georgetown University
University of Antwerp
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Jàn Figel was born on January 20, 1960 in Slovakia. He is a Slovakian politician who served as European Commissioner for Education, Training, and Culture from 2004 to 2009, as well as being the Vice-President of the National Council of Slovakia. 


== Biography ==
Jan Figel started working as a research and development scientist  for ZPA Prešov in 1983. In 1990, he joined the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). He was elected as Deputy and then served in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Slovakia in 1992. A year later, he entered the Slovakian delegation to the Council of Europe. From 1995 to 2000 Figel lectured in international relations at Trnava University.In 1998, Jan Figel was appointed State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and led Slovakia’s negotiations for the accession to the European Union till 2003. He served as Slovakian representative within the European Convention in charge of the drafting of the European Constitution.
	In 2002, he came back to his Slovakian national office as the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council. In 2004, he was appointed European Commissioner for Education, Training and Culture and served until 2009 in the Prodi and Barroso Commissions. Jan Figel resigned from the Commission in 2009 following his election to the head of the Slovakian Christian Democratic Movement.

==Education==
Jan Figel studied power electronics at the Technical University of Kosice and graduated in 1983

==Learn more==
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mphPJKvdUog Jan Figel Lecture: XXI Century World - Towards Conflict, Balance or Unity?]

[http://icd-international.tumblr.com/post/54906333003 ICD Highlights 2013]



== External Links: References ==

[http://ec.europa.eu/archives/commission_2004-2009/index_en.htm European Commission]

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| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by himself
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" |European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
 
2000–2012
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maro%C5%A1_%C5%A0ef%C4%8Dovi%C4%8D Maroš Šefčovič]
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