Pavol Rusko

Pavol Rusko
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Minister of Economy of Slovakia
In office
September 24, 2003 – August 24, 2005[1]
Preceded byRobert Nemcsics, until September 10, 2003
Pavol Prokopovič, (acting, September 10 - September 24) [1]
Succeeded byJirko Malchárek, since October 4, 2005
Ivan Mikloš (acting, August 24 - October 4) [1]
Personal details
Born (1963-08-20) August 20, 1963 (age 61)
Liptovský Hrádok, Czechoslovakia (present day Slovakia) [2]
Political partyAlliance of the New Citizen,[2]
Spouses
Viera Rusková
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(m. 1991; div. 2011)​
Henriett Heger
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(m. 2019; div. 2022)​
Children2

Pavol Rusko (born 20 August 1963) is retired Slovak politician, television magnate and convicted fraudster.[3] He served as the Minister of Economy of Slovakia between 2003 and 2005 and Managing Director of TV Markíza, at the time Slovakia's most viewed private TV station, between 1996 and 2000. He currently serves a 19-year prison sentence for forging promissory notes in a conspiracy to defraud TV Markíza.[3]

  1. ^ a b c (in Russian) Slovak ministries, etc
  2. ^ a b The Slovak Republic Government Office Archived 2007-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Court sentences Kočner and Rusko to 19 years in prison". spectator.sme.sk. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2022.