Preceded by Jozef Stank Role Politician Preceded by Ladislav Pittner Education Comenius University | Nationality Slovak Succeeded by Juraj Liska Name Ivan Simko | |
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Born January 1, 1955 (age 69)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia ( 1955-01-01 ) Political party Christian Democratic Movement Other political
affiliations Christian Democratic Movement (1990–2000)
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (2000–04)
Free Forum (2004)
Mission 21 – New Christian Democracy (2004–10) Alma mater Univerzita Komenskeho, Bratislava Party Christian Democratic Movement | ||
Ivan Šimko 20 rokov po porážke Mečiara: Dnešná opozícia musí pochopiť jednu vec, aby porazila Fica
Ivan Šimko (born January 1, 1955, Bratislava) is Slovak politician and former Defence Minister.
A founding member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) in 1990, Šimko left to co-found the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union in 2000. After a disagreement with Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda, he led a group of MPs to form the Free Forum in January 2004. He surprisingly lost the party's leadership election two months later to Zuzana Martináková, and he left in October 2004 to form Mission 21 – New Christian Democracy. In May 2010, he returned to the Christian Democratic Movement.
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