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František Šebej (born 11 May 1947) is a Slovak politician and academic. He has been member of the National Council of Slovakia since 2010, and was previously member between 1998 and 2002. Between 1990 and 1992 he was member of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia.
Career
Šebej worked at the Comenius University in Bratislava as a researcher at the Institute of Human Bioclimathology and Institute of Experimental psychology between 1971 and 1980.
He was member of the Public Against Violence (VPN) party in the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia between 1990 and 1992. In 1995 he criticized the government of Slovak Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar, saying the state was becoming more and more authoritarian.
Between 1998 and 2002 Šebej was member of the National Council of Slovakia. In 2010 he again became member of the National Council, being elected for Most–Híd in the Slovak parliamentary election, 2010. In the parliamentary elections of 2012 he was elected once again for Most–Híd. As of 2015 he chairs the Foreign Affairs committee in the National Council, he has done so since 2010.
In April 2014, during the crisis in Ukraine he disagreed with Slovak government policy on defence of Slovakia. He called for increased security efforts, including the possibility of stationing NATO troops in the country.
Šebej is member of the board of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association.