Vladimír Mečiar

Prime Minister of Slovakia (1990-1991; 1992-1994; 1994-1998) · Slovakia · On the map · Politicians · Born 1942 · age 84

Vladimír Mečiar 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.

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1999“My only regret is that my dream for a prosperous Slovakia, where good wins over evil, is a dream without an end for me. This makes me sorry.”In their words6 December 1999Read the whole statement

“I wouldn't say that 'countries' judged us.”In their words6 December 1999Read the whole statement

1996“Our ancestors developed a powerful state from the sixth to the ninth century. The first diocese in central and eastern Europe was situated in our territory.”In their words"Speech made to Council of Europe Assembly" (1996)Read the whole statement

“Democracy is a way of life and a way of thinking rather than just law and institutions. There are no alternatives to it.”In their words"Speech made to Council of Europe Assembly" (1996)Read the whole statement

“Quite often, I am asked what is the most difficult task I have had to solve in my life.”In their words"Speech made to Council of Europe Assembly" (1996)Read the whole statement

1989“As for developments in Slovakia it must be said that Slovaks wanted change. But not everywhere. People were cautious because they were afraid or didn't know what the future held.”In their words"Vladimír Mečiar: 1989 was 'beautiful'" in The Slovak Spectator (1999)Read the whole statement

1942Born26 July 1942

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Mečiar meeting with Jacques Delors, president of the European Commission (1993)

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Vladimír Mečiar

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If I want to have a political career, I have to work on my image. I am not willing to do this.
6 December 1999, Own words
The fact that we had been in power for a long time meant that we had fought hard against the communists, whom we continually pressed.
6 December 1999, Own words
We have arrived as free among the free, equal among the equal, in the name of humanity, the best values of mankind, in the interest of the rights of man, a nation, a state.
1996 · "Speech made to Council of Europe Assembly" (1996), Own words