Ján Hudacký

Ján Hudacký (born on 24 February 1959 in Vranov nad Topľou) is a Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Krestansko-demokraticke hnutie, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, a member of the Delegation for relations with Mercosur and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Career

 * 1978-1993: Košice Technical University, Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Education

 * 1991: Management Consulting Institute (Bratislava)
 * 1993: Institute of Management for Business (Bratislava)
 * 1994: Durham University Business School
 * 1998: Georgetown University (Washington, USA)
 * 2000: Centre for International Studies (Israel)
 * 1990-1992: Marketing professional
 * 1992-1993: Head of a business advisory centre
 * 1993-2004: Manager of a regional advisory and information centre
 * 1998-2002: Member of the Council for Socioeconomic Development
 * 1998-2002: Member of the Financial Committee of the town of Prešov
 * since 2002: Member of the Business Committee of the town of Prešov
 * since 2001: Member of the Financial Committee of Prešov Autonomous Region
 * since 2003: Member of the board of directors of the European Association of Regional Development Agencies (EURADA)
 * since 1997: Member of the Microfinance Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (Warsaw)
 * 1999-2001: President of the Association of Microfinance Institutions of Slovakia
 * since 2002: Vice-President of the Association of Christian Entrepreneurs and Managers of Slovakia