Miroslav Lajčák

Miroslav Lajčák
Lajčák in 2020
EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues
In office
2 April 2020 – 31 January 2025
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPeter Sørensen
President of the United Nations General Assembly
In office
12 September 2017 – 19 September 2018
Preceded byPeter Thomson
Succeeded byMaría Fernanda Espinosa
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 April 2012 – 20 March 2020
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Peter Pellegrini
Preceded byMikuláš Dzurinda
Succeeded byIvan Korčok
In office
26 January 2009 – 8 July 2010
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byJán Kubiš
Succeeded byMikuláš Dzurinda
Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In office
1 January 2019 – 1 January 2020
Preceded byEnzo Moavero Milanesi
Succeeded byEdi Rama
High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
1 July 2007 – 25 March 2009
Preceded byChristian Schwarz-Schilling
Succeeded byValentin Inzko
European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
1 July 2007 – 28 February 2009
Preceded byChristian Schwarz-Schilling
Succeeded byValentin Inzko
Personal details
Born (1963-03-20) 20 March 1963
Poprad, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partyCommunist Party
(1983–1990)
Direction - Social Democracy (associated non-member)
SpouseJarmila Hargašová
Children2
Alma materComenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law
Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Miroslav Lajčák (born 20 March 1963) is a Slovak politician and diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. In addition, Lajčák also served as President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 72nd session from 2017 until 2018.

A key figure in the mediation of the post-conflict crises in the Western Balkans, Lajčák also served as Executive Assistant to the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Balkans from 1999 to 2001. He negotiated, organized and supervised the referendum on the independence of Montenegro in 2006 on behalf of the European Union.

From 2007 to 2009, Lajčák served as High Representative of the International Community and European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During his tenure, Bosnia and Herzegovina signed the landmark Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union.

Currently Lajčák is the EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues, a position he assumed on 2 April 2020.

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