Rudolf Schuster
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Rudolf Schuster (born January 4, 1934 in Košice, Czechoslovakia) was the 2nd President of Slovakia (1999-2004). He was elected on May 29, 1999 and inaugurated on June 15. Schuster was defeated in the presidential elections of April 2004, in which he ran as an independent. He received 7.4% of the vote, with three other candidates (Ivan Gašparovič, Vladimír Mečiar and Eduard Kukan) receiving more than that. He was succeeded by Ivan Gašparovič.[1]
Before becoming president, Schuster was a mayor (Slovak: primátor ) of Košice for five years (1994-1999). He was also the president of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (1989-1990), an ambassador of Czechoslovakia in Canada (1990-1992) and a leader of the Party of Civic Understanding (SOP - Strana občianskeho porozumenia, 1998-1999).
He speaks Slovak, Czech, German, Russian, English and Hungarian fluently.
Schuster‘s family is of Carpathian German origin. Rudolf Schuster is married (spouse Irena Schusterová) and he has two children (son and daughter) and two grand-daughters. In his private life, he is a sports fan, a traveller and a writer. He is also a camera fan.
In 1999 he received honorary citizenship from Miskolc, as recognition of the good cooperation between the city and Košice during his mayorship.[2]
[edit] See also
- List of Presidents of Slovakia
- Slovakia presidential election, 2004
- List of leaders of Slovak parliaments
- List of political parties in Slovakia
[edit] References
- ^ Roger East, Richard Thomas (2003). Profiles of People in Power: the world's government leaders . Routledge (UK). ISBN 185743126X.
- ^ Honorary citizens on the official hompage of Miskolc
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Mikuláš Dzurinda (acting) |
President of Slovakia 1999–2004 |
Succeeded by Ivan Gašparovič |
| Presidents of Slovakia |  |
|---|---|
| First Slovak Republic:
Jozef Tiso*(1939) | Jozef Tiso (1939-1945) Slovak Republic: Vladimír Mečiar*(1993) | Michal Kováč (1993-1998) | Vladimír Mečiar* and Ivan Gašparovič*(1998) | Mikuláš Dzurinda* and Jozef Migaš*(1998-1999) | Rudolf Schuster (1999-2004) | Ivan Gašparovič (2004-) | * denotes acting |
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