Tibor Gašpar (born 23 April 1962) is a Slovak police officer and politician. He was the President of police of Slovakia from 2012 to 2018.[2] He has served as a Member of the National Council since 2023.
Tibor Gašpar | |
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| Deputy Speaker of the National Council | |
| Assumed office 27 June 2024 | |
| Speaker | Peter Žiga (acting) |
| Member of the National Council | |
| Assumed office 25 October 2023 | |
| President of the Police of Slovakia | |
| In office 15 May 2012 – 31 May 2018 | |
| President | Ivan Gašparovič Andrej Kiska |
| Preceded by | Jaroslav Spišiak |
| Succeeded by | Milan Lučanský |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1962 Kežmarok, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Direction – Social Democracy (2023–present) |
| Spouse | Iveta Gašparová |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Comenius University, graduated 1987[1] |
Early life
editGašpar was born in Kežmarok, then Czechoslovakia. He attended Comenius University (Slovak: Univerzita Komenského) from 1982 until he graduated in 1987.
President of Police
editGašpar assumed office on 15 May 2012. Over his tenure he has led many high-level investigations, including investigations into corruption and theft within the Government of Slovakia. In February 2018, Gašpar and the Slovak Police came under international media attention after the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak. Gašpar announced that his killing was likely to "have something to do with [Kuciak’s] investigative activities". At the time of his murder, Kuciak was working on a report about the Slovak connections of the 'Ndrangheta.[3] The National Police and Government offered €1 million for information leading to the arrest of the murderers.[4][5][6] Gaspar resigned in April 2018
Political career
editGašpar was alleged to run for SMER-SD in 2020 Slovak parliamentary election. Whilst that did not happen, in 2023, Robert Fico invited Gašpar to run for the party ahead of 2023 Slovak parliamentary election.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Prezident Policajného zboru. gen. PaedDr. TIBOR GAŠPAR. Narodený: 23. apríla 1962 v Kežmarku. Vzdelanie: 1993 - Akadémia PZ, špecializačné policajné vzdelanie 1982 - 1987 Univerzita Komenského (Written in Slovak)". minv.sk. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Policajný prezident Tibor Gašpar (55) potvrdil, že končí. Nie však pre študentský protest, ale z osobných dôvodov. Cíti sa unavený, a preto aj víta zmeny. (Written in Slovak)". cas.sk. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ a.s., Petit Press. "Kuciak investigated links between politicians and mafia".
- ^ Boffey, Daniel. "Slovakian journalist investigating claims of tax fraud linked to ruling party shot dead". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ "Investigative journalist Jan Kuciak killed in Slovakia". Deutsche Welle. 2018-02-26.
- ^ Janicek, Karel. "Slovak investigative reporter, girlfriend found shot dead". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26.
- ^ "Robert Fico: Idem do kampane, v ktorej ma chcú zatvoriť". Štandard (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-03-21.