Martin Bútora

Martin Bútora is former Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the United States (1999-2003). A lifelong advocate for human rights, he was one of the founders of the political movement Public Against Violence. In the period of 1990-1992 he held a position of a Human Rights Advisor to the President of Czech and Slovak Federal Republic Václav Havel. He has taught at Charles University in Prague (where he holds a position of Professor Habilis since 1992) and at the Department of Political Science, Trnava University (1993 – 1998). In 1997 he co-founded the Institute for Public Affairs and served as its first president. A former newspaper and magazine editor, Mr. Bútora is the author of three prose works, several TV programs and film scripts, and translations of theatrical plays. (2006)