Robert Fico

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Robert Fico (born 15 September 1964) is a Slovak politician and lawyer, who has served as the prime minister of Slovakia since 2023. Fico holds the distinction as the longest-serving prime minister in the country's history. His collective time in power spans over 13 years across four distinct mandates (2006–2010, 2012–2016, 2016–2018, and the current one since 2023). He founded the left-wing political party Direction – Social Democracy in 1999 and has led the party since. His political positions have been variously described as populist, left-wing and conservative. First elected to parliament in 1992, he was appointed the following year to the Czechoslovak delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Following his party's victory in the 2006 parliamentary election, he formed his first Cabinet, having secured 29.1% of the vote and 50 seats. After the 2010 parliamentary election, Fico served as an opposition member of parliament, effectively holding the position of the...

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