Robert Fico
Chairman of the Political party SMER – Social Democracy
Title: Doc. JUDr., CSc.
Contact:
Political party SMER – social Democracy
Súmračná 25, 821 02 Bratislava,
Slovak Republic
Phone Number: +421 2 43426297
Fax Number: +421 2 43630616
Born on:
15th September 1964
Place of Birth: Topoľčany, the Slovak Republic
Marital status:
married , 1 child
- University studies:
1982 – 1986: Comenius University – Law Faculty, Bratislava, acquiring title the JUDr.
- 1987 – 1988 Practical Training in the Slovak Courts
- 1988 – 1992 Postgraduate studies at the Institute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
- 2002 Habilitation
Professional career:
- 1986 – 1987 military service – assistant of the military investigator
- 1986 – 1995 Law Institute of the Ministry of Justice
- (1992 – 1995 Deputy Director)
- 1994 – 2000 Governmental agent representing the SR before the European Court of Human Rights
- since 1992 Member of the Slovak Parliament
- 1992 – 2002 Member of the Constitutional Committee of the Slovak Parliament
- 1994 – 2005 Member of the Slovak delegation to the Parlamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1999 – 2001 –Head of the Delegation)
- 2002 – 2004 Observer in the European Parliament
- 2002 – 2006 Member of the Slovak Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, Nationalities and Equality Issues
- 2006 – 2010 Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic
- since 2010 Vice-President of the Slovak Parliament
Professional activities:
since 2000 Member of the Slovak Bar Association, representation of crime victims
Political activities:
- 1994 – 1996 Leader of the Parliamentary Group of the Party of Democratic Left
- 1996 – 1999 Deputy Chairman of the Party of Democratic Left
- since 1999 Chairman of the Political Party SMER
- 2002 – 2006 Leader of the Parliamentary Group of SMER – Social Democracy
- 2006 – 2010 Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic
- since 2010 Vice-President of the Slovak Parliament
Other activities:
• author of several professional articles and books
• study stays in the U.S.A., England, Finland, Belgium and France – specialisation in human rights and criminal law
• participation at various international conferences and seminars
• author of several approved bills
• pedagogic activity – lecturer at universities in the Slovak Republic and abroad
• Co-author of the project „Slovak National Centre of Human Rights“ in Bratislava
• author of the project „Slovak Centre for Crime Victims“
Languages:
• English
• Russian