Governing Board of Comenius University

The Governing Board of Comenius University (GB CU) has 17 members.

One member is elected and dismissed in a secret ballot by the other members of the Governing Board of Comenius University. Eight members are elected and dismissed by the Academic Senate of Comenius University and two of them are elected and dismissed by the Student Chamber of the Senate. Eight members are appointed and dismissed by the minister.

Comenius University employees may not be members of the Governing Board except the members proposed by the Student Chamber of the Academic Senate.

President of the GB CU

The position of the president is not currently occupied.

Vice-president of the GB CU

The position of the vice-president is not currently occupied.

Members of GB CU

Assoc. Professor Ing. Miroslav Beblavý, PhD.  (M)
CEO, CB ESPRI, s.r.o.
(1st term of office, from 15 December, 2022 to 14 December, 2024)

JUDr. Miroslav Cák  (CU)
solicitor, AGM partners s.r.o. Law Firm
(1st term of office, from 13 October, 2022 to 12 October, 2027)

JUDr. Miroslav Hlivák, PhD., LLM.  (CU)
solicitor, former chairman of the Public Procurement Office
(1st term of office, from 13 October, 2022 to 12 October, 2027)

Professor Martin Kahanec, PhD.  (M)
professor at the Central European University Vienna, Austria
(1st term of office, from 15 December, 2022 to 14 December, 2024)

Mgr. Juraj Kotian  (M)
economist, ERSTE GROUP BANK AG
(1st term of office, from 15 December, 2022 to 14 December, 2024)

Professor RNDr. Eugen Kováč, PhD.  (M)
Professor, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
(1st term of office, from 15 December, 2022 to 14 December, 2027)

Professor RNDr. Ľubica Lacinová, DrSc.  (M)
member of the board of directors, Slovak Academy of Sciences, v.v.i.
(1st term of office, from 15 December, 2022 to 14 December, 2027)

Mgr. Barbara Lášticová, PhD.  (CU, SC AS CU)
director, Institute of Social Communication Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, v.v.i.
(1st term of office, from 13 October, 2022 to 12 October, 2024)

Ing. Ľuboš Lopatka, PhD.  (M)
General Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nemocnica BORY, a.s.
(1st term of office, from 15 December, 2022 to 14 December, 2027)

Mgr. Fridrich Matejík  (M)
Country Leader of IBM Slovakia
(1st term of office, from 15 December, 2022 to 14 December, 2027)

Professor Ing. Marián Peciar, PhD.  (CU)
professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
(1st term of office, from 13 October, 2022 to 12 October, 2024)

Msgr. František Rábek  (CU)
ordinary, Ordinariate of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic
(1st term of office, from 13 October, 2022 to 12 October, 2024)

JUDr. Marek Samoš  (CU)
vice president, Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic
(1st term of office, from 13 October, 2022 to 12 October, 2027)

Ing. Robert Spišák, PhD.  (M)
vice president of the National Union of Employers of Slovakia
(1st term of office, from 15 December, 2022 to 14 December, 2024)

Professor RNDr. Pavol Šajgalík, DrSc. (GB)
President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
(1st term of office, from 26 January, 2023 to 25 January, 2028)

Associate Professor MUDr. Andrej Thurzo, PhD., MPH., MHA.  (CU, SC AS CU)
associate professor, Faculty of Medicine, CU
(1st term of office, from 13 October, 2022 to 12 October, 2027)

Associate Professor JUDr. Jozef Vozár, CSc.  (CU)
researcher, Institute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v.v.i.
(1st term of office, from 13 October, 2022 to 12 October, 2024) 

 

(M) appointed by the Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic

(CU) elected by the Academic Senate of Comenius University

(CU, SC AS CU) elected by the student chamber of the Academic Senate of CU

(GB) elected by the Governing Board of CU