- František Kašický
František Kašický (born
November 18 ,1968 inGelnica ,Czechoslovakia ) wasdefence minister ofSlovakia fromJuly 4 ,2006 toJanuary 25 ,2008 .He is a former chief of Office of the Minister of Defence, Director of Communication Department and the ministry spokesman. Since 2003 till 2004, Kašický was a director of Military Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence.
After it was found that the Slovak ministry of defence had accepted overpriced contracts for various services, such as cleaning, Kašický resigned on January 25, 2008. [ [http://www.tasr.sk/30.axd?k=20080125TBB00255 TASR: Kasicky Steps Down, Premier Accepts Resignation] ]
František Kašický is a graduate of the Military Pedagogical University in
Bratislava and the German Federal army Academy for Information and Communication inStrausberg . Further Education:
* Defence Language Institute,Texas , U.S.
* Defence Information School,Maryland , USA
* Scholarship for Spokespersons of Central Governmental Agencies, USA
* Bundeswehr - Internal command centre,Germany
* Special course for military spokespersons,Switzerland
* CIA - Special intelligence course – Operations Management Seminar, USA/Slovakia František Kašický speaks Slovak, Czech, English and Russian.References
External links
* [http://www.mosr.sk/index.php?page=64 Official website of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic]
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