Jozef Banáš

Professional career

• 1972 - graduated at the University of Economics in Bratislava with major in foreign trade
• 1973-1976 - business consultant at Chirana Export Piešťany
• 1977-1992 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague
• 1983-1988 - embassy in Berlin, NDR, press attaché
• 1990-1992 - embassy in Wien, deputy chief of mission
• 1992 - Raiffeisenleasing Wien
• 1993-1994 - Tatraleasing Bratislava, chief executive officer
• 1994-2001 - Slovak International Tabak, industrial politics management

  Works

• 1978 – Nebráňme vtákom lietať, TV staging, scenario
• 1979 – Čisté vody, TV staging
• 1982 – Mimoriadny rýchlik, TV staging, scenario
• 1983 – Kirchhoffov zákon, TV staging, scenario
• 1985 – Začiatok sezóny, movie scenario
• 1990 – Tréning na štátnika, theatre comedy
• 1996 – No Comment, theatre comedy
• 2001 – Lepší ako včera, book of short stories
• 2006 – Politicum tremens, humorous book about National Council of Slovakia
• 2007 – Idioti v politike, satiric book about politics
• 2007 – Delírium P., theatre comedy
• 2008 – Zóna nadšenia, political thriller
• 2009 – Zastavte Dubčeka!, novel
• 2010 – Deň do večnosti, poetry collection
• 2010Kód 9, novel
• 2011 – Sezóna potkanov, novel
• 2013 – Kód 1, novel
• 2015 – Dementi, novel about Banáš's readers

Political career

• 1976 - entered Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
• 2001-2002 - general secretary of the Aliancia nového občana party
• 2002-2006 - elected deputy of National Council as ANO candidate. He was the vice-chairman of Committee on European Integration, member of Safety and Defence and Stable delegation committee of National Council of Slovakia at the parliamentary assembly of European Council, and member of the Foreign affairs committee of National Council and leader of stable delegation of National Council at the parliamentary assembly of NATO.
• 2003 - vice-chairman of The Parliamentary assembly of the European Council
• 2004 - after he didn't become the leader as a candidate for ANO in the European Parliament elections, he announced that he's leaving ANO and will become an independent deputy in the National Council
• 2004 - entered the deputies club of The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union party
• 2004 - entered SDKÚ
• 11.11.2004 - elected in Venice as a vice-chairman of The NATO Parliamentary assembly, making him the first Slovak elected in this position

  Personal life