Jozef Dravecký

Jozef Dravecký (25 July 1947 – 23 January 2023) was a Slovak mathematician and diplomat. Between 1991 and 2013, he served as the ambassador of Slovakia to Bulgaria (1993–1998), the Baltic States (2000 – 2005) and the Holy See (2007–2013).^[1]

Jozef Dravecký
Born	(1947-07-25)25 July 1947 Spišská Nová Ves, Czechoslovakia
Died	23 January 2023(2023-01-23) (aged 75) Bratislava, Slovakia
Occupation	diplomat
Years active	1973–2013

Dravecký was born in Spišská Nová Ves. ^[2] He studied Sciences at the Comenius University graduating in 1971. In 1973 – 1990 he was a professor of Mathematical Analysis at the university.^[1]

In 2010, Dravecký was awarded the Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Pope Pius IX by the Pope Benedict XVI.^[3]

His death, on 23 January 2023 at the age of 75, was announced by the Chairman of the Christian Union of Pensioners Peter Mach in a Facebook post.^[2]