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Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends Slovak Republic faces essential challenges nowadays. We must consolidate public finances to achieve economic growth, create new jobs and improve people's standard of life. And we have to give our country a perspective in the Europe of tomorrow. I am glad that you are interested in what is happening in our country also via visiting this website. Because it is about our common country, about Slovakia. 
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The Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic manages the activities of the government, arranges and leads its meetings.
The Prime Minister shall be appointed and recalled by the President of the Slovak Republic. On a proposal of the Prime Minister of the Government, the President shall appoint and recall other members of the Government and empower them with the administration of Ministries.
The Prime Minister shall sign government regulations.
If the President is not elected, or if the President is unable to discharge his office for serious reasons, the power of the President shall pass to the Government of the Slovak Republic. In these cases the Government may vest some of the powers of the President in the Prime Minister. During such time the Prime Minister shall act as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
The Prime Minister shall be appointed and recalled by the President of the Slovak Republic. On a proposal of the Prime Minister of the Government, the President shall appoint and recall other members of the Government and empower them with the administration of Ministries.
The Prime Minister shall sign government regulations.
If the President is not elected, or if the President is unable to discharge his office for serious reasons, the power of the President shall pass to the Government of the Slovak Republic. In these cases the Government may vest some of the powers of the President in the Prime Minister. During such time the Prime Minister shall act as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
Robert Fico
Prime Minister
Government Office of the Slovak Republic
| 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 |
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