Milan Kňažko

Milan Kňažko
Minister of Culture of Slovakia
In office 30 October 1998 – 15 October 2002
Deputy	Mikuláš Dzurinda
Preceded by	Ivan Hudec
Succeeded by	Rudolf Chmel
1st Foreign Minister of Slovakia
In office 24 June 1992 – 19 March 1993
Preceded by	office created
Succeeded by	Jozef Moravčík
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Born	28 August 1945 (1945-08-28) (age 66) Horné Plachtince, Czechoslovakia

Milan Kňažko (born 28 August 1945) is a Slovakian actor and ex-politician. He was one of the leading personalities of the movement Public against Violence in November 1989 and one of the most popular faces of the Velvet Revolution in Slovakia.

Acting

He starred in Devět kruhů pekla, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

He had a minor role in the 2007 horror film Hostel: Part 2, where he portrayed an executive of the Elite Hunting.

References

1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Devet kruhu pekla". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/269/year/1989.html. Retrieved 2 August 2009. 

Persondata
Name	Knazko, Milan
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Date of birth	1945-08-28
Place of birth	Horné Plachtince, Czechoslovakia
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