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Robert Fico
Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic and from 23.6.2009 to 3.7.2009 temporary Minister of Justice of the Slovak Republic
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Date of birth: 15th September 1964
Place of birth: Topoľčany, Slovak Republic
Marital status: married , 1 child
Education:
1982 - 1986 Comenius University - Law Faculty, Bratislava, doctoral degree of JUDr.
1987 - 1988 judicial trainee, judicial examination
1988 - 1992 postgraduate studies at the Institute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in the area of "Criminal Law", CSc. (PhD) degree ("Death Penalty in Czecho-Slovakia")
2002 habilitation, title of Doc. (Assoc. Prof).
Professional experience:
1986 - 1987 military service - assistant military investigator
1986 - 1995 Law Institute of the Ministry of Justice (1992 - 1995 Deputy Director)
1994 - 2000 Governmental agent representing the Slovak Republic before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Commission of Human Rights since 1992 Member of the Slovak Parliament
1992 - 2002 Member of the Parliamentary Constitutional Committee
1994 - 2005 Member of the Slovak delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1999 - 2001 - Head of Delegation)
1995 - 2003 Chairman, Prison Commission of the Parliamentary Constitutional Committee
2002 - 2004 Observer in the European Parliament
2002 - 2006 Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and Women's Rights
Professional activities:
since 2000 Member of the Slovak Bar Association, representation of crime victims
since 2003 defence counsel training for the International Criminal Court in the Hague
Political activities:
1994 - 1996 Leader of Parliamentary Group of the Party of the Democratic Left
1996 - 1999 Deputy Chairman of the Party of the Democratic Left
since 1999 Chairman of Political Party SMER - Social Democracy
2002 - 2006 Leader of Parliamentary Group of SMER - Social Democracy
Other activities:
author of several professional articles and books
study stays in the U.S.A., England, Finland, Belgium and France - specialisation in human rights and criminal law
participation in various international conferences and seminars
author of several approved bills
teaching activities - lecturer at universities in the Slovak Republic and abroad
extensive publishing activities
member, editorial board of Justičná revue
Co-author of the project "Slovak National Centre of Human Rights" in Bratislava
author of the project "Slovak Centre for Crime Victims"
Languages:
English
Russian
