Ivan Gašparovič

Ivan Gašparovič (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈiʋaŋ ˈɡaʂparɔʋitʂ]; Croatian: Ivan Gašparović; born 27 March 1941) is a Slovak politician and lawyer who was the third president of Slovakia from 2004 to 2014. He was also the first and currently the only Slovak president to be re-elected.

Ivan Gašparovič
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Gašparovič in 2008
3rd President of Slovakia
In office
15 June 2004  15 June 2014
Prime MinisterMikuláš Dzurinda
Robert Fico
Iveta Radičová
Preceded byRudolf Schuster
Succeeded byAndrej Kiska
In office
14 July 1998  30 October 1998
acting
Served with Vladimír Mečiar
Prime MinisterVladimír Mečiar
Preceded byMichal Kováč
Succeeded byMikuláš Dzurinda (acting)
Jozef Migaš (acting)
Speaker of the National Council
In office
23 June 1992  30 October 1998
Preceded byFrantišek Mikloško
Succeeded byJozef Migaš
Member of the National Council
In office
23 June 1992  15 October 2002
Personal details
Born (1941-03-27) 27 March 1941
Poltár, Slovak Republic
Political partyCommunist Party (1968)
People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (1992–2002)
Movement for Democracy (2002–present)
Spouse
Silvia Beníková
(m. 1964)
Children2
Alma materComenius University
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