Peter Burian

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Ambassador Peter Burian (b. 12 March 1952 or 21 March 1959) is the current permanent representative of Slovakia to the United Nations in New York City.

Born in Hlohovec, Peter Burian graduated in Oriental Studies at St. Petersburg University in the USSR and entered the service of the Czechoslovakian foreign ministry in 1983. Following the breakup of Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1993, he was appointed chargé d'affaires at the newly independent Slovakia's embassy in Washington, D.C. and, shortly after, deputy chief of mission. He has been Slovakia's permanent representative to the UN since 22 December 2004.

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