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Biographical noteJuraj Mesík (1962) graduated from the Tajovského Street High School in Banská Bystrica<strong>and</strong> received a degree in medicine from the University of Comenius Medical School inMartin. Since his high school years he has been active in environmental movement. Duringthe revolution in 1989 he became a Member of Parliament in the Czechoslovak FederalAssembly, later becoming Director of the Department of Social Context <strong>and</strong> Special Adviserto the Minister in the Federal Ministry for Environment in Prague. After the breakup of theformer Czechoslovakia he became director of the Ekopolis Foundation, the largest environmentalgrant foundation in Slovakia. From 2003 to 2008 he worked as a Senior Specialistfor Social Development at the World Bank in Washington, where he later served as a consultant.He currently lectures <strong>and</strong> teaches on the subject of global issues at Palacky Universityin Olomouc <strong>and</strong> at Comenius University in Bratislava. He is the father of three sons.267

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