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Andrej Kiska | |
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.jpg) Kiska in 2014 | |
| 4th President of Slovakia | |
| In office 15 June 2014 – 15 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Fico Peter Pellegrini |
| Preceded by | Ivan Gašparovič |
| Succeeded by | Zuzana Čaputová |
| Chairman of For the People | |
| In office 28 September 2019 – 8 August 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Veronika Remišová |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1963 Poprad, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Political party | For the People (2019–2021) |
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| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Slovak University of Technology |
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Andrej Kiska (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈandrej ˈkiska]; born 2 February 1963) is a Slovak politician, entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist who served as the fourth president of Slovakia from 2014 to 2019. He ran as an independent candidate in the 2014 presidential election in which he was elected to the presidency in the second round of voting over Prime Minister Robert Fico.[1][2][3] Kiska declined to run for a second term in 2019. He has written two books about happiness, success, and his life.
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