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	Slovakia's New President is Ivan Gasparovic - Slovensko.com
		Ivan Gasparovic defeated Vladimir Meciar with 59.91% of votes against 40.09% in the second round of presidential elections with turnout of 43.50%.
		Ivan Gasparovic was the speaker of the Parliament during the times where Meciar was the Prime Minister.
		Ivan Gasparovic was born on 27 March 1941 in Poltar in the region of Banska Bystrica.
	www.slovensko.com /news/1166 (625 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Slovakia's new president an enigma for EU, NATO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Gasparovic was once the right-hand man of former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar, reviled in the West for his anti-democratic moves while in power for much of the 1990s.
		Gasparovic may be excused for still working out his foreign policy positions and solving personnel questions (he has officially not even hired a foreign policy advisor).
		Gasparovicâs success in the first round stunned the government coalition, whose supporters apparently stayed at home, assuming that their candidate, Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan, would easily make it to the second round.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=9088 (1248 words)

	Ivan Gasparovic the Next Slovak President - Slovensko.com
		Ivan Gasparovic, candidate of the opposition Movement for Democracy won over the candidate of the opposition Movement for a Democratic Slovakia Vladimir Meciar.
		Ivan Gasparovic, in his first reactions to the outcome of the elections said: I believed I would win, but I would be lying if I said that I knew I would win by so many votes.
		Reacting to the bad climate in the current coalition, Gasparovic does not intend to interfere in the relations between the ruling coalition parties as it is up to them to sort out their problems.
	www.slovensko.com /news/1168 (719 words)

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		In this election, Gasparovic faced former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar in a runoff occasioned by the failure by any one of 11 candidates in the first round on April 4 to secure a majority vote.
		Ivan Gasparovic had 18% of public support, and current but unpopular President Rudolph Schuster had a rather shaky and declining 10.8%.
		Significantly, Ivan Gasparovic was closely involved in Meciar's regime during the 1990s, raising fears in Europe that he would function as a shadow-Meciar.
	www.inthenationalinterest.com /Articles/Vol3Issue17/Vol3Issue17WarholaPFV.html (1214 words)

	The Epoch Times :: Slovaks Elect Gasparovic President; Meciar Defeated
		Gasparovic said he had expected the government's presidential candidate, Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan, would be selected in the first round of elections to face former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar.
		President-elect Gasparovic, who is married and has two children, says nobody in or out of Slovakia has anything to fear from him.
		Gasparovic is likely to be easier to work with than Mr.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/4-4-18/20980.html (276 words)

	International Chronicle - KS Nr 125
		Ivan Gasparovic, Chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, visited Poland from June 11 to 14, 1996 at the invitation of Sejm Marshal Józef Zych.
		Gasparovic declared that "the Slovak Republic needs Poland as a good neighbour" and stressed the crucial role of Poland among the Central European nations with regard to security.
		According to Gasparovic, the biggest obstacle along his country's road to the EU is the negative if unwarranted opinion about the economic processes taking place in that country and about the solving of the problems of ethnic minorities existing in Slovakia.
	kronika.sejm.gov.pl /kronika/ic-125.htm (1332 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Gasparovic Wins as Slovaks Reject One-Time Pariah
		Gasparovic immediately pledged to try to find common ground with center-right Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda and said he wanted Slovakia's integration into the EU to be smooth.
		Wary diplomats who once shunned Slovakia when Meciar ruled and Gasparovic was at his side as parliamentary speaker said that deeds, not words, were needed to allay fears that he will hinder Slovakia's integration with the EU and the NATO security alliance, which it joined last month.
		Gasparovic approaches EU integration, and I hope and believe he will not be a problem," said one western diplomat.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/04/18/gasparovic_wins_as_slovaks_reject_one_time_pariah_1082285253?mode=PF (638 words)

	Slovak Leader Crashes Race Car, Unhurt, Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic Crashes His Race Car During a Test Ride but ...
		Gasparovic, 65, has been racing for about 30 years and has refused to quit even after his election in June 2004, his spokesman Marek Trubac said.
		Gasparovic swerved off the track during a test ride ahead of Sunday's Slovakia Grand Prix in the western town of Piestany, Trubac said.
		After a medical checkup, Gasparovic said he hopes his car could be repaired "so I could race again," Bratislava's private TA2 TV quoted him as saying.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/08/27/ap/strange/mainD8JOGOSG0.shtml (280 words)

	POLITICS-SLOVAKIA: Nationalists Rise in Another Name
		Gasparovic's victory in a straight run-off between the two candidates just weeks before the country joins the EU (European Union) was a big upset.
		But while Gasparovic appears to be a more attractive choice of president in the West where Meciar is remembered for leading Slovakia into international isolation in the 1990s, his victory has been seen as more a vote against Meciar than support for him.
		Gasparovic distanced himself from his former party's scandals leading up to the elections and in a number of television and radio debates said that he had, within the party, objected to many of the HZDS's most controversial policies but had seen those objections ignored.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/interna.asp?idnews=23372 (704 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Slovakia chooses Meciar's former ally for president (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Slovakia elected Ivan Gasparovic as president in a second round of voting on Saturday, rejecting controversial former prime minister Vladimir Meciar, who had been favored to win.
		Gasparovic defeated his former party boss by 20 per cent, winning 60 per cent of the vote, compared to Meciar’s 40 per cent.
		A victory for either Meciar or Gasparovic sparked concern among diplomatic circles only weeks after the country joined NATO and days before it is set to join the EU.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /securitywatch/details_print.cfm?id=8681 (309 words)

	Editorial: Slovakia's choice / An election surprise boosts the turnaround (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Even though the post of president is mostly ceremonial, his election was considered to be inconsistent with the image of the new Slovakia, scheduled to join the European Union on Saturday.
		Gasparovic, 63, a law professor, was the author of independent Slovakia's constitution.
		Gasparovic was the better choice -- a sort of "anyone but Meciar" position.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04119/307527.stm (396 words)

	Slovakia's new president opposes troop withdrawal from Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Slovakia's new president Ivan Gasparovic on Tuesday reiterated his opposition to a withdrawal of his country's troops from Iraq despite casualties suffered earlier this month.
		Gasparovic however welcomed a call by Slovakian lawmakers for a government report on the situation in Iraq and their upcoming debate on the mandate of the Slovakian contingent in that country.
		Gasparovic, 63, was elected president in April after a second round run-off with his former ally, Slovakia's former authoritarian leader Vladimir Meciar.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040622152440.8zutn1r8.html (276 words)

	Slovakia Gasparovic Takes Presidential Oath of Office
		Ivan Gasparovic was sworn in as Slovakia’s new president at a ceremonial parliamentary session Tuesday.
		In his inaugural speech, Gasparovic said he was “in favor of a market economy but not a society based on market principles,” according to the CTK news agency.
		Gasparovic was elected president in a runoff vote in April, defeating the country’s controversial former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar.
	www.templetonthorp.com /fr/news676 (127 words)

	Slovakia: Angus Reid Global Monitor
		Gasparovic was left off the list of HZDS candidates for the 2002 parliamentary ballot, and abandoned Meciarâs party to form the HDZ.
		According to official results, the 63-year-old Gasparovic received 59.91 of all cast ballots, while Meciar garnered 40.09 per cent.
		Gasparovic was sworn in as the countryâs fifth president since independence on Jun. 15.
	www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/2477 (691 words)

	New Slovak President Gasparovic hopes to continue "exceptional" relations with Czech Republic - 13-07-2004 - ...
		The Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic was in the Czech Republic on Monday for his first official foreign trip since his election in April.
		During Mr Gasparovic's visit, both presidents agreed to continue to cultivate their countries' "exceptional" relationship, cooperate more closely inside the European Union, and support further meetings of the loose grouping of Central European countries, the Visegrad Four, which also includes Hungary and Poland.
		President Gasparovic also fostered relations with outgoing Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla, the heads of both houses of parliament, and discussed the differences between the legal systems of the two countries with Czech ombudsman Otakar Motejl.
	www.radio.cz /en/article/55946 (1162 words)

	Gasparovic wins presidential election - World - www.theage.com.au
		The electoral committee said today that according to preliminary results, Gasparovic, a former political ally of Meciar, took 59.91 per cent with all 50 districts reporting.
		Wary diplomats who once shunned Slovakia for anti-democratic policies when Meciar ruled and Gasparovic was at his side as parliamentary speaker said that deeds, not words, were needed to allay fears that he will hinder Slovakia's integration with the EU and the NATO security alliance, which it joined last month.
		Gasparovic has not said how he will wield the presidential veto, but he was supported by the populist SMER party of Robert Fico and both often railed against government reforms saying they hurt Slovaks and have kept unemployment high at 16 per cent.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/18/1082226620707.html (584 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
		Optimists would also emphasize that the surprisingly large margin with which Ivan Gasparovic won the 17 April runoff against Meciar (59.91 percent to Meciar's 40.09 percent) is proof that Slovaks are capable of distinguishing between a greater and a "lesser evil" in spite of what they are told by their political leaders.
		Gasparovic, on the other hand, squeezed into the runoff with less than 4,000 votes ahead of the SDKU candidate, Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan.
		If Gasparovic owes his victory to anyone, it is above all to the Smer (Direction) opposition party and its leader, the populist-nationalist Robert Fico, whose influence on the Slovak political scene is likely to increase greatly.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2004/04/5-NOT/not-190404.asp?po=y (754 words)

	Ivan Gasparovic elected Slovak president in surprise vote - 19-04-2004 - Radio Prague
		In the second round of voting on Saturday, Slovakia's former parliament chairman Ivan Gasparovic was elected as Slovak president.
		Ivan Gasparovic is going to be the third president of independent Slovakia, since the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993.
		That was one of the first things he said after being elected that his first visit as President would take him to Prague, and that's very much a tradition for Czech and Slovak presidents after being elected, they usually visit the former federal partner, as it were.
	www.radio.cz /en/article/52923 (862 words)

	Slovaks Reject Populist in Presidential Election \| Current Affairs \| Deutsche Welle \| 18.04.2004
		Voters in Slovakia have elected as president Ivan Gasparovic, a moderate, going against predictions that former populist prime minister Vladimir Meciar, who had been criticized for his anti-democratic rule, would win.
		But on Sunday, the country's election committee announced that preliminary results showed Gasparovic, the former speaker, defeated his former boss and ally with 59.91 percent of the vote in Saturday's election.
		Gasparovic, a center-left politician, has not said how he will wield the veto, but he and high-ranking allies have often criticized government reforms saying they hurt everyday Slovaks and have kept unemployment high--currently it is at 16 percent.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,,1173352,00.html (480 words)

	Global Insight // Our Perspective
		Both of the ruling parties’ candidates failed to make it to the second round, giving Slovak voters a choice between former prime minister Vladimir Meciar and his erstwhile ally, Ivan Gasparovic, neither of whom seem appropriate figureheads for a country that is joining both NATO and the European Union this year.
		Meciar, who is chairman of the opposition Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), was widely responsible for Slovakia’s international isolation prior to his party’s defeat in the 1998 parliamentary elections due to his government’s disrespect for the rule of law, harassment of opponents, and misuse of public institutions.
		Although Gasparovic distanced himself from Meciar by leaving the HZDS prior to the 2002 parliamentary elections, he still deserves much of the blame for what happened in 1994—98, because he served as parliamentary chairman during that period.
	www.globalinsight.com /Perspective/PerspectiveDetail890.htm (1059 words)

	Ivan Gasparovic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ivan Gasparovic and his wife Silvia Ivan Gašparovič (born March 27 1941), Slovak politician and law professor, became President of Slovakia on June 15, 2004.
		Gasparovic, Ivan Gasparovic, Ivan de:Ivan Gašparovič eo:Ivan GAŠPAROVIČ
		If there is any necessity ourselves by gesture, and then utter our desires with a certain hollow and tried to speak above my breath, when, being about to leave the car, I have but I have found it impossible; the _genius loci_, whatever it was, nightmare.
	ivan-gasparovic.kiwiki.homeip.net (852 words)

	NATO Speech: Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mr. Ivan Gasparovic, the President of the ...
		Ivan Gasparovic, the President of the Slovak Republic - 24 nov. 2004
		Ivan Gasparovic, the President of the Slovak Republic
		IVAN GASPAROVIC (President of the Slovak Republic): I take this opportunity and express my cordial gratitudes to Mr.
	www.nato.int /docu/speech/2004/s041124a.htm (1848 words)

	President of the Slovak Republic - Biography
		Between 1966 and 1989, Ivan Gašparovič served as the Vice-Chairman of the Czechoslovak Ice Hockey Federation International Commission.
		In 1992, Ivan Gašparovič worked as a professor at the Comenius University Faculty of Law and he also was a member of its Scientific Council.
		Between July and October 2002, Ivan Gašparovič was an independent Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.
	www.prezident.sk /?biography (319 words)

	NATO Media Library:Visit to NATO by President Ivan Gasparovic of Slovakia - 24 November 2004
		NATO Media Library:Visit to NATO by President Ivan Gasparovic of Slovakia - 24 November 2004
		Left to right: President Gasparovic is greeted by the NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, upon his arrival to NATO.
		Centre left to right: bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and President Gasparovic.
	www.nato.int /multi/photos/2004/m041124a.htm (134 words)

	Links from the Slovak Embassy
		Gasparovic gained 59.91% of the vote in the April 17 elections, while
		Ivan Gasparovic was born on March 27, 1941 in Poltar, central Slovakia.
		Gasparovic is author and co-author of university textbooks, studies
	www.slovakembassy-us.org /gasparovic.html (327 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Underdog wins Slovak election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ivan Gasparovic has been elected as Slovak president in a surprise outcome as the country prepares to join the EU.
		Hardline nationalist Mr Meciar - whose government brought Slovakia instability and isolation in the mid-1990s - won more than a third of votes in the first round of voting and was predicted to win again.
		But former parliament chairman Mr Gasparovic humiliated his former boss, securing nearly 60% of the vote according to the electoral committee.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3636033.stm (266 words)

	Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika - President Ivan Gasparovic visited Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice (via ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ivan Gasparovic for the first time visited Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice.
		Members of University management, members of academic bodies of the faculties, as well as students from Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Public Administration took part at the meeting with the President at the premises of the Great Auditorium at the Rectorate of P.J. Safarik University.
		Ivan Gasparovic gave an address on “Current interior and foreign policy issues”.
	www.upjs.sk.cob-web.org:8888 /uk/detail-.html?m=9902374eda17af5cf71b51c50096ae06&a=d519cc8c0e95757c8ef747521a7f03b6 (159 words)

	President of the Slovak Republic - Remarks by the President of the Slovak Republic Ivan Gašparovič at the 3rd Council ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		President of the Slovak Republic - Remarks by the President of the Slovak Republic Ivan Gašparovič at the 3rd Council of Europe Summit, 17.
		Remarks by the President of the Slovak Republic Ivan Gašparovič at the 3rd Council of Europe Summit, 17.
		Remarks by the President of the Slovak Republic Ivan Gašparovič at the 3rd Council of Europe Summit
	www.prezident.sk.cob-web.org:8888 /?remarks-by-the-president-of-the-slovak-republic-ivan-gasparovic-at-the-3rd-council-of-europe-summit-17-5-2005 (1525 words)

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