Rudolf Schuster

Rudolf Schuster
Schuster in 2011
2nd President of Slovakia
In office
15 June 1999 – 15 June 2004
Prime MinisterMikuláš Dzurinda
Preceded byMichal Kováč
Mikuláš Dzurinda (Acting)
Jozef Migaš (Acting)
Succeeded byIvan Gašparovič
Member of the National Council
In office
30 October 1998 – 15 June 1999
Mayor of Košice
In office
1994–1999
In office
1983–1986
Czechoslovakia Ambassador to Canada
In office
28 August 1990 – 3 May 1992
Preceded byJán Janovic
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Speaker of the National Council
In office
30 November 1989 – 26 June 1990
Preceded byViliam Šalgovič
Succeeded byFrantišek Mikloško
Personal details
Born (1934-01-04) 4 January 1934 (age 90)
Košice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Political partyIndependent (1990–1998, 1999–present)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party (1964–1990)
Party of Civic Understanding (1998–1999)
Spouse
Irena Schusterová-Trojáková
(m. 1961; died 2008)
Alma materSlovak University of Technology in Bratislava
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Rudolf Schuster (born 4 January 1934) is a Slovak politician, who served as the second president of Slovakia from 1999 to 2004. He was elected on 29 May 1999 and inaugurated on 15 June. In the presidential elections of April 2004, in which he sought re-election, Schuster was defeated.[1] He received only 7.4% of the vote, with three other candidates (more specifically Ivan Gašparovič, Vladimír Mečiar, and Eduard Kukan) receiving more than that. He was succeeded by Ivan Gašparovič.[2]

  1. ^ "Schuster gone for good?". The Slovak Spectator. 21 June 2004.
  2. ^ Roger East, Richard Thomas (2003). Profiles of People in Power: the world's government leaders. Routledge (UK). ISBN 1-85743-126-X.