Rudolf Schuster

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Slovak President, head of Slovak National Council and politician

PoliticiansBorn 1934 · age 92

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Fame53.1

MomentumNot measured

Languages28

In century#32,102

Also inDeutsch

Photos 2

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld meets with President of Slovakia Rudolf Schuster at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava on 22 November 2002.

Awards 27

2025Crystal Wing

2024Gratitude Medal

2024Egon Erwin Kisch Award

2019Andrej Hlinka Order Class I

2019Ľudovít Štúr Order 1st class

2019Milan Rastislav Štefánik Cross, First Class

2019Order of the White Lion

2019honorary doctorate of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

2014honorary doctorate of the University of Prešov in Prešov

2007Egon Erwin Kisch Award

2006honorary doctor of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

2002Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic‎

2002Egon Erwin Kisch Award

2001Masaryk University Gold Medal

2000honorary citizen of Miskolc

Order of the White Eagle

Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania

Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia

Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria

Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa

Cross of Pribina class I

Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class

Grand Order of King Tomislav

National Order of Merit

honorary doctor of the University of Wuppertal

Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)

In their orbit 1

SpouseIrena Schusterová

Connected to Rudolf 6

Peter PellegriniAlso won Milan Rastislav Štefánik Cross, First Class

Lajos KossuthAlso won honorary citizen of Miskolc

Robert BadinterAlso won Masaryk University Gold Medal

Ivan KlímaAlso won Egon Erwin Kisch Award

Ivan GašparovičAlso won Cross of Pribina class I

Robert SternbergAlso won honorary doctor of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

About this person

Rudolf Schuster is a Slovak politician who served as the second president of Slovakia from 1999 to 2004. He was elected on 29 May 1999 and inaugurated on 15 June. In the presidential elections of April 2004, in which he sought re-election, Schuster was defeated. He received only 7.4% of the vote, with three other candidates receiving more than that. He was succeeded by Ivan Gašparovič.