Robert Fico

Robert Fico is a Slovak politician born in 1964 in Topoľčany. He has served as Prime Minister of Slovakia and as a Member of the European Parliament. His political career includes membership in the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, the Party of the Democratic Left, and Direction – Social Democracy. Fico was educated at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies and has worked as an employer at Comenius University. He is a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and received the Order of the White Lion.

Fico’s work locations have included Strasbourg, Brussels, and Bratislava. He is a lapsed Catholic and speaks Slovak. He ran in the 2014 Slovak presidential election. As an author, he has published works including *Nutná obrana* and *Trest smrti v československom trestnom práve (a súvisiace medzinárodné aspekty)*.