Embassy of the Slovak Republic

Rastislav Kacer

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to the United States of America

Mr. Kacer has arrived to Washington, DC from his post of State Secretary (Deputy Minister) of Defense of the Slovak Republic, which he had held from February 2001. Before, he was the Director General of the Division of International Organizations and Security Policy at the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His main task at the Ministry of Defense was Slovakia’s accession process to NATO, which is being successfully concluded after Slovakia’s invitation to join the Alliance at the Prague Summit in the fall of the year 2003. Mr. Kacer had been working at the Foreign Affairs Ministry since 1992 and between 1994-98 was posted at the Slovak Mission to NATO in Brussels.

Date, place of birth: 9 July 1965, in Nova Bana (Slovakia)

Marital status: married to Otilia Kacerova, born 14 February 1966 in Ilava (Slovakia),

Children: Veronika and Samuel

Foreign Languages: English, French, Russian

Hobbies: gastronomy, classic music, out-door activities

Education:

1984 -1989 Slovak Technical University, MSc in Organic Chemistry

1991-1995 Institute of International Relations, School of Law, Commenius University in Bratislava

Further education and training:

1987 Research Center T. N.O. Delft, the Netherlands

1993 Institute of International Relations at University of Leeds, U. K.

Professional History:

1983 -1984 Autobrzdy Vrable, worker

1989 -1991 Research Center of Animal Production, research fellow

1992 - 2001 Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1994 Head of the Analytical Unit, Dept. of Analysis Planning

1994 -98 Liaison Officer to NATO HQ, Brussels

1998 Director, Dept. of Analysis and Planning

1999 Director General, Division of International Organizations

and Security Policy

02/2001 – 06/2003 Ministry of Defense, State Secretary

July 2003 Designated Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the U.S.A.

September 8, 2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to the United States of America