| Date of birth: | 15th September 1964 |
| Place of birth: | Topoľčany, Slovak Republic |
| Marital status: | married, 1 child |
| Education: | |
| 2002 | habilitation, title of Doc. (Assoc. Prof). |
| 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") |
| 1987 - 1988 | judicial trainee, judicial examination |
| 1982 - 1986 | ComeniusUniversity - Law Faculty, Bratislava, doctoral degree of JUDr. |
| Professional experience: | |
| April 2012 | Prime Minister |
| 2010 - 2012 | Deputy Speaker of National Council |
| 2006 - 2010 | Prime Minister |
| 2002 - 2006 | Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and Women's Rights |
| 2002 - 2004 | Observer in the European Parliament |
| 1995 - 2003 | Chairman, Prison Commission 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) |
| 1992 - 2002 | Member of the Parliamentary Constitutional Committee |
| 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 |
| 1986 - 1995 | Law Institute of the Ministry of Justice (1992 - 1995 Deputy Director) |
| 1986 - 1987 | military service - assistant military investigator |
| 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: | |
| 2002 - 2006 | Leader of Parliamentary Group of SMER - Social Democracy |
| since 1999 | Chairman of Political Party SMER - Social Democracy |
| 1996 - 1999 | Deputy Chairman of the Party of the Democratic Left |
| 1994 - 1996 | Leader of Parliamentary Group of the Party of the Democratic Left |
| 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 |