2nd State Secretary of the Ministry

Vladimir SIMONAK

born 1 February 1982 in Nitra, Slovakia

Work experience 

Since October 2023

State Secretary, Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic

September 2021 – October 2023

Director, Dept. of Crisis Management, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic 

March 2015 – August 2021

Head of Interior Unit, Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU, Brussels

January 2011 – February 2015

Director, Dept. of Foreign and European Affairs, Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava

November 2008 – December 2010

Legal officer, European Affairs unit, Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic

Education and training 

Master in Law (2008) Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

PhD. in International Relations (2008), Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Languages spoken

Fluent in English, Spanish, German and Russian, capable of understanding French and Romanian.