Ivan Sečík, Mgr.,CSc., State secretary

Ivan Sečík, State Secretary

Date of Birth

16. September 1951 at Marikova, district Považská Bystrica

Education

1967 - 1970 High School in Považská Bystrica
1970 - 1975 Faculty of Journalism at Leningrad State University
1976 - 1979 Faculty of Journalism at Leningrad State University Internal research student´s post
1980 Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University Dissertation thesis defence
1989, 1992,1995 Study stay at Federal Rebublic of Germany (Heidelberg,Wiesbaden, Saarbrucken)

Language skills

Russian language (state exam)
German language (A level)
English language (language school – 5 classes)

Work Experience

1980 Nové slovo Executive editor

1980 – 1984 Slovak office for press and informations

Chief desk officer

1984 - 1996    Press institute Senior executive, head of department, managing director

1995 - 1998    Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic General manager for public information section

1997 – 1999    The national centre on media communication General manager

1999 - 2000    MABEX, s.r.o. Business and marketing director

2000               Slovak radio Head of the media research department

Professional qualifications:

Theoretical and methodological questions of journalism and system of mass communication media, electronic media policy and law in the context of european, mass communication media and public opinion research.

Author (co-author) of several monographs and dozen of technical papers, research reviews and articles. He acted as the permanent deputy delegate for the Slovak Rebublic at Management committee for media at Council of Europe. He works as the externall lecturer at the Department of Journalism, Philosophical faculty, Komenius University of Bratislava. Also he works with Faculty of Massmedial Communication in Trnava and others educational and research institutions. As a member of juridical commission of the Slovak syndicate of journalists he participate in preparation of new media legislation.