Rudolf Schuster
Rudolf Schuster | |
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| 2nd President of Slovakia | |
| In office June 15, 1999 – June 15, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Mikuláš Dzurinda (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Gašparovič |
| Mayor of the City of Košice | |
| In office 1994 – June 15, 1999 | |
| Speaker of Slovak National Council | |
| In office November 30, 1989 – June 26, 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Viliam Šalgovič |
| Succeeded by | František Mikloško |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 4, 1934 Košice, Czechoslovakia Present day Slovakia |
| Spouse | Irena Schusterová |
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]
1964 to 1990, Schuster was a member of the Communist Party of Slovakia. Before becoming president, he was a mayor (Slovak: primátor ) of Košice in 1983-1986 and 1994-1999 respectively. He was also the last Communist president of the Slovak National Council (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 father's family is of Carpathian German origin, while his mother's family is of Hungarian origin. Rudolf Schuster is married (spouse Irena Schusterová) and he has two children (son and daughter) and two granddaughters. 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]
See also
- List of Presidents of Slovakia
- Slovakia presidential election, 1999
- Slovakia presidential election, 2004
- List of leaders of Slovak parliaments
- List of political parties in Slovakia
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
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