Pavol Demeš
Former Senior Visiting FellowPrior to entering the field of public affairs after the Velvet Revolution, Demeš was a biomedical researcher at Comenius University in Bratislava. He is a graduate of Charles University in Prague (1980) and spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, in the United States (1987-88).
He received the EU-U.S. Democracy and Civil Society Award (1998), the USAID Democracy and Governance Award (1999), Royal Dutch decoration Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau (2005), and the Yugoslav Star of First Class (2005). He speaks fluent English in addition to his native Slovak, and has limited proficiency in Russian. He is also an accomplished photographer.
Expertise: Policy, Civil Society, EU Enlargement & Integration / Central & Eastern Europe / Balkans / Governance / Civil Society / Democratization / NGO Development & Advocacy Related Topics: Security and Defense Program, Europe Program, Europe's East and Russia
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