Date of birth: |
15th September 1964 |
Place of birth: |
Topoľčany, Slovak Republic |
Marital status: |
married, 1 child |
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Education: |
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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. |
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Professional experience: |
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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 |
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Professional activities: |
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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 |
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Political activities: |
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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 |
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Other activities: |
author of several professional articles and books |
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study stays in the U.S.A., England, Finland, Belgium and France - specialisation in human rights and criminal law |
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participation in various international conferences and seminars |
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author of several approved bills |
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teaching activities - lecturer at universities in the Slovak Republic and abroad |
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extensive publishing activities |
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member, editorial board of Justičná revue |
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Co-author of the project "Slovak National Centre of Human Rights" in Bratislava |
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author of the project "Slovak Centre for Crime Victims" |
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Languages: |
English |
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Russian |