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: | |
2016 - | Prime Minister |
2012 - 2016 | 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 |