Eduard Kukan | |
|---|---|
 Kukan as member of parliament. | |
| Member of the European Parliament from Slovakia | |
| In office 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019 | |
| Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic | |
| In office 4 July 2006 – 14 July 2009 | |
| In office 13 December 1994 – 30 October 1998 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 30 October 1998 – 4 July 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Mikuláš Dzurinda |
| Preceded by | Zdenka Kramplová |
| Succeeded by | Ján Kubiš |
| In office 16 March 1994 – 13 December 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Jozef Moravčík |
| Preceded by | Jozef Moravčík |
| Succeeded by | Juraj Schenk |
| Slovak ambassador to United Nations | |
| In office 1993–1993 | |
| Czechoslovak ambassador to United Nations | |
| In office 1990 – 31 December 1992 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 December 1939 Tornóc, Hungary (now Trnovec nad Váhom, Slovakia) |
| Died | 10 February 2022 (aged 82) Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Political party | SDKÚ-DS (2000–2016) Democratic Union (1995–2000) |
| Spouse | Zdenka Kukanová |
Eduard Kukan (26 December 1939 – 10 February 2022) was a Slovakian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2006.[1] He was a candidate in the presidential election held on 3 April 2004, and although pre-election polls had suggested he would come first, he actually came in third behind the eventual President Ivan Gašparovič and former prime minister Vladimír Mečiar, thus preventing him from contesting the run-off. He was elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2009, a position he held until 2019.
In 1999, Kukan was appointed United Nations Special Envoy on Kosovo by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, a role he held alongside Carl Bildt.[2]
- ^ "Eduard Kukan". European Parliament. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ Jane Perlez (8 May 1999), Clinton Seeing Bosnian Model For Kosovo Use The New York Times.