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Martin ButoraMartin Btora is a Slovak sociologist, writer, university professor and diplomat (former Slovak Ambassador to the USA from 1999 to 2003). In November 1989 Btora was one of the founders of the political movement Public Against Violence. From 1990 to 1992 he was a human rights advisor to the former president of Czechoslovakia Vclav Havel. In the first half of the nineties he taught at the Charles University of Prague and at the Trnava University. In 1997 he co-founded the Institute for Public Affairs and served as its first president. As an analyst he focuses on international politics, transatlantic relations, human rights, and minorities. In 1999 National Endowment for Democracy based in Washington D.C. awarded to him the Democracy Service Medal. In 2000 he received the Jn Papnek medal and in 2002 a Celebration of Freedom Award by the American Jewish Committee. In the same year, he received the Ľudovt Štr Order for his contribution to defense of human rights and development of civil society from the hands of the President of Slovakia. Presidential nomination Martin Btora officially launched his presidential campaign on 26th November 2004. Btora wanted to run as a civil candidate because no relevant political party nominated him. (Although he received support of the party Free Forum).
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