Juraj Schenk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Juraj Schenk

Slovak Minister of Foreign Affairs and sociologist

Date of Birth: 06-May-1948

Place of Birth: Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Profession: politician, pedagogue, sociologist

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Juraj Schenk (born May 6, 1948) is former Foreign Minister of Slovakia from 1994 to 1996 in cabinet of Vladimír Meciar. Schenk studied sociology at the Univezita Komenského, Bratislava and is working there since 1972.
In 1994 he became a professor of sociology and is teaching there until now. His main professional interests include sociological methodology, self-organisation of social systems (synergetics, chaos theory), causal modelling, construction of sociological theories and empirical research. His current research activities concern with Alexander Hirner's methodological conception, scaling in sociological research, chaos theory and empirical research.