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CEU Alumnus Lesay New Slovak State Finance Secretary

June 23, 2015
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CEU alumnus Ivan Lesay (POLS ’06) was recently appointed State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic. He replaces Vazila Hudak, who became the country’s economic minister.

Ivan is former advisor to Slovak Minister of Finance Peter Kazimir, who recommended him for his current post.

Ivan also holds a PhD in Economics from the Slovak Academy of Sciences. He has published extensively on economics, and also co-initiated the establishment of the Slovak Investment Holding.

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Alumnus Le Appointed Assistant Cabinet Secretary in California Governor’s Office

June 17, 2015
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Alumnus Jeff Le (POLS, '07) was appointed assistant cabinet secretary in the office of California Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr. He will now help with the daily running of the longtime governor's administration. Le was appointed on June 5.

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Alumnus Publishes Budapest's 'Best'

June 5, 2015
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CEU alumnus and journalist Sebastian Garthoff (HIST ’08) recently published a German-language guidebook to the Hungarian capital. Titled “Budapest - Zeit für das Beste" (Time for the Best), the book is a collaboration between Sebastian and Hungarian photographer Daniel Kaldori.

Focusing on Budapest’s iconic sites, the book was described by Sebastian as a lighter counterpoint to the duo’s journalistic work regarding Hungarian society in the Orban era.

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CEU Alumna Khidasheli Appointed Defense Minister of Georgia

May 12, 2015
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Tinatin Khidasheli (POLS '96) has been named defense minister of Georgia, the first woman to hold the post. She is also the first of CEU's alumni to become defense minister.

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CEU Alumnus Emelonye Named Representative of the UN High Commissioner in Uganda

May 12, 2015
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CEU alumnus Uchenna Emelonye (LEGS '04) was appointed Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Uganda on May 1, the latest step in a career dedicated to the creation of open societies and the rule of law in Africa. His studies at CEU, where he earned a Master of Laws in Human Rights in 2004, remain relevant and useful, Emelonye said.

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