Dr. Pavol Demes

Dr. Pavol Demes is a member of the High Advisory Board at the Global Political Trends Center. He has been the Director for Central and Eastern Europe of the German Marshall Fund of the United States since January 2000, based in Bratislava, Slovakia. Previously he served as the Executive Director of the SAIA - Service Center for the Third Sector. He also served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the Slovak Republic (1993 - 1997), and between 1991 and 1992, he was the Slovak Minister of Foreign Affairs. An internationally recognized NGO leader, Demes has served at boards of various national and international associations and foundations. Prior to the "Velvet Revolution" in November 1989, Demes was a bio-medical researcher at Comenius University in Bratislava. He is a graduate of Charles University in Prague (1980).