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Magda Vášáryová

Magda Vášáryová

Magda (Magdaléna) Vášáryová (* August 26, 1948, Banská Štiavnica) is a Slovak politician and former actress and diplomat. Since 2006, she has been a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for SDKÚ-DS. On 12 December 2013, she resigned from the party and until the start of the so-called The third government of Robert Fico (2016) worked in the National Council of the Slovak Republic as a non-attached member of parliament. She began her successful acting career as a 15-year-old in the film Senzi Mama (1964). From 1966 to 1971 she studied sociology at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava. Since 1970 she has worked as an actress in the Korze Theater, the New Stage (1971 - 1983) and in the Slovak National Theater (1983 - 1990). She is the author of book memoirs about Banská Štiavnica Short Letters to a Town (1988). In 1988 she was awarded the title of Merited Artist. From 1990 to 1993, she served as the Czech-Slovak ambassador to Austria. During the diplomatic mission, she lived with her daughters in Vienna while her husband stayed in Bratislava. While they provide wife support for diplomats, Vášáryová, as a diplomat, did not receive compensation for the diplomat's non-working wife. Václav Havel and Jiří Dienstbier enforced her compensation payment. On May 3, 1993, she organized a meeting at home, where the Slovak Society for Foreign Policy (SFPA) began to form. From 1993 to 2000, she was its director. In 2020, she is the Honorary Chair of the SFPA Board. In 1998, she founded Občianske oko. In the 1999 elections, she ran as an independent candidate for the post of President of Slovakia. She won 194,635 votes, 6.6%, in the election. She did not make it to the second round. She announced her candidacy in February 1999 in Banská Bystrica. She wanted to confirm the changes in 1989 and 1998. She was the first woman in Slovakia to run for president. From 2000 to 2005, she served as Slovakia's ambassador to Poland. Its predecessor was Ondrej Nemčok and his successor was František Ružička. Since February 21, 2005, she has held the position of State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic in the second government of Mikuláš Dzurinda. In the summer of 2005, she joined the SDKÚ. On 12 December 2013, together with Lucia Žitňanská and Miroslav Beblavý, she resigned from SDKÚ-DS. Since November 15, 2013, she has been the president of the Živena association. Her goals after the election were “I still have three goals within Živena. One of them is, in particular, the modernization of communication, the addition of a membership base, and I would also like to raise more money in more modern ways, for example in the form of grants. " Her predecessor was Zora Breier. In 2016, she did not run for parliament again. In addition to Živena, she also led the Institute for Cultural Policy. He also teaches at the CEVRO INSTITUTE in the Czech Republic. In 2016, The Prague Society for International Cooperation awarded her the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Prize for Civil Service and the Lifelong Fight against Corruption. Sister of the actress Emilie Vášáryová. The first husband was the actor Dušan Jamrich. The second husband is Milan Lasica. He has two daughters.

Personal information

Birthday

1948-08-26

Birth Place

Banská Štiavnica, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia

Movies and TV shows :

A Gentle Spirit

A Gentle Spirit

1967

6.5

Movie
Ako ostrihať manžela

Ako ostrihať manžela

1973

0.0

Movie
And Give My Love to the Swallows

And Give My Love to the Swallows

1972

4.7

Movie
Andrea

Andrea

1973

0.0

Movie
Apollón z Bellacu

Apollón z Bellacu

1972

0.0

Movie
Biela stužka v tvojich vlasoch

Biela stužka v tvojich vlasoch

1978

0.0

Movie
Birds, Orphans and Fools

Birds, Orphans and Fools

1969

7.1

Movie
Blízki cudzí ľudia

Blízki cudzí ľudia

1975

0.0

Movie
poster

Bratislavské pondelky

2021

8.0

TV
Cesta na krvavé pole

Cesta na krvavé pole

1983

0.0

Movie
Concert for the survivors

Concert for the survivors

1977

0.0

Movie
Čudný človek

Čudný človek

1976

0.0

Movie
Cutting It Short

Cutting It Short

1981

7.2

Movie
Dark Sun

Dark Sun

1980

4.8

Movie
Demeterovci

Demeterovci

1976

0.0

Movie
Deň slnovratu

Deň slnovratu

1974

0.0

Movie
Die Nacht aus Blei

Die Nacht aus Blei

1985

8.0

Movie
Dnes platí regulačný stupeň č. 6

Dnes platí regulačný stupeň č. 6

1980

0.0

Movie
Dni Turbinovcov

Dni Turbinovcov

1976

0.0

Movie
poster

Dobrí ľudia ešte žijú

1979

0.0

TV
Doktor

Doktor

1973

0.0

Movie
Elektra

Elektra

1978

0.0

Movie
poster

Elizabeth's Court

1986

2.0

TV
Faidra

Faidra

1980

0.0

Movie
Fair Play

Fair Play

1986

3.0

Movie
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman

Film Adventurer Karel Zeman

2015

7.9

Movie
Granny

Granny

1971

7.7

Movie
Hodina úsvitu

Hodina úsvitu

1975

0.0

Movie
Horacius

Horacius

1980

0.0

Movie
Hry lásky šálivé

Hry lásky šálivé

1971

2.0

Movie
poster

Hurá na letný byt

1976

0.0

TV
Jennie Gerhardtová

Jennie Gerhardtová

1980

0.0

Movie
Košatý strom plný pozorných očí

Košatý strom plný pozorných očí

1988

0.0

Movie
Krutá ľúbosť

Krutá ľúbosť

1978

0.0

Movie
Ľahučký dych

Ľahučký dych

1971

0.0

Movie
Lion with a White Mane

Lion with a White Mane

1987

5.0

Movie
Listy Juliane

Listy Juliane

1978

1.0

Movie
Malvína z Bretónska

Malvína z Bretónska

1983

0.0

Movie
Marketa Lazarová

Marketa Lazarová

1967

7.9

Movie
Môj vienok zelený

Môj vienok zelený

1968

0.0

Movie
Nečakaná návšteva

Nečakaná návšteva

1980

0.0

Movie
Netrpezlivosť srdca

Netrpezlivosť srdca

1974

0.0

Movie
Noc smaragdového měsíce

Noc smaragdového měsíce

1985

0.0

Movie
On the Comet

On the Comet

1970

5.9

Movie
Pani Berta Garlanová

Pani Berta Garlanová

1989

0.0

Movie
Parížsky život

Parížsky život

1978

0.0

Movie
Posledný pohárik

Posledný pohárik

1976

0.0

Movie
Prince Bajaja

Prince Bajaja

1971

6.0

Movie
Private Lives

Private Lives

1991

0.0

Movie
poster

Prvá

2013

0.0

TV
Pustý dvor

Pustý dvor

1979

0.0

Movie
Radúz a Mahulena

Radúz a Mahulena

1971

5.0

Movie
Rok na dedine

Rok na dedine

1968

8.0

Movie
Rozvedená

Rozvedená

1978

0.0

Movie
Rusalka

Rusalka

1978

8.0

Movie
Second Love

Second Love

1977

0.0

Movie
Senzi mama

Senzi mama

1965

0.0

Movie
poster

Sesternica Beta

1978

0.0

TV
Šesťkrát žena

Šesťkrát žena

1988

0.0

Movie
Silent Joy

Silent Joy

1986

7.0

Movie
Skrytý prameň

Skrytý prameň

1974

0.0

Movie
Staroružová dráma

Staroružová dráma

1989

0.0

Movie
Statky zmätky

Statky zmätky

1973

0.0

Movie
poster

Straty a nálezy

1974

0.0

TV
Taký obyčajný deň

Taký obyčajný deň

1971

0.0

Movie
Ťaví zadok

Ťaví zadok

1979

0.0

Movie
Tetované časom

Tetované časom

1976

0.0

Movie
The Deserter and the Nomads

The Deserter and the Nomads

1968

6.9

Movie
The Elective Affinities

The Elective Affinities

1974

2.0

Movie
The Great Movie Robbery

The Great Movie Robbery

1986

6.0

Movie
poster

The Physician of a Dying Time

1984

8.0

TV
The Royal Chase

The Royal Chase

1969

0.0

Movie
The Southern Mail

The Southern Mail

1988

6.3

Movie
The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora

The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora

1968

4.5

Movie
The World Knows Nothing

The World Knows Nothing

1988

3.5

Movie
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

2016

6.0

Movie
Úklady a láska

Úklady a láska

1971

0.0

Movie
Uzlíky nádeje

Uzlíky nádeje

1979

0.0

Movie
Varič

Varič

1985

0.0

Movie
poster

Vivat Beňovský!

1975

0.0

TV
Werther

Werther

1985

0.0

Movie
Za frontom

Za frontom

1973

0.0

Movie
Záhradníkov pes

Záhradníkov pes

1979

0.0

Movie
Záveje

Záveje

1972

0.0

Movie
Zenovo vedomie

Zenovo vedomie

1976

0.0

Movie
Zuzana Vojířová

Zuzana Vojířová

1983

0.0

Movie