Vladimír Mečiar
Vladimír Mečiar | |
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Mečiar in 2004 | |
| Prime Minister of Slovakia | |
| In office 13 December 1994 – 30 October 1998 | |
| President | Michal Kováč |
| Preceded by | Jozef Moravčík |
| Succeeded by | Mikuláš Dzurinda |
| In office 24 June 1992 – 16 March 1994 | |
| President | Michal Kováč |
| Preceded by | Ján Čarnogurský |
| Succeeded by | Jozef Moravčík |
| In office 27 June 1990 – 6 May 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Milan Čič |
| Succeeded by | Ján Čarnogurský |
| President of Slovakia | |
| Acting 2 March 1998 – 30 October 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Michal Kováč |
| Succeeded by | Mikuláš Dzurinda (acting) Jozef Migaš (acting) |
| Acting 1 January 1993 – 2 March 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Michal Kováč |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 11 January 1990 – 27 June 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Milan Čič |
| Preceded by | Milan Čič |
| Succeeded by | Anton Andráš |
| Member of the National Council | |
| In office 15 October 2002 – 12 June 2010 | |
| In office 16 March 1994 – 13 December 1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 July 1942 Zvolen, Slovakia |
| Political party | KSS (before 1970) Independent (1970–1989) VPN (1989–1991) HZDS (1991–2014) |
| Spouse | Margita Mečiarová |
| Alma mater | Comenius University in Bratislava |
Vladimír Mečiar (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈʋlaɟimiːr ˈmetʂɪɐr]; born 26 July 1942) is a Slovak former politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia from June 1990 to May 1991, June 1992 to March 1994, and again from December 1994 to October 1998. He was the leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), a populist party in Slovakia.
Mečiar led Slovakia during the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992–93 and was one of the leading presidential candidates in Slovakia in 1999 and 2004. During his time in office, he was criticized for his autocratic style of governance and connections to organized crime, which became known as Mečiarizmus ("Mečiarism").