Rudolf Schuster (born 4 January 1934) was 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 (Ivan Gašparovič Vladimír Mečiar and Eduard Kukan) receiving more than that. He was succeeded by Ivan Gašparovič.
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active years end date
1990-06-26, 1999-06-15, 2004-06-15
active years start date
1989-11-30, 1998-10-30, 1999-06-15
birth date
1934-01-04
birth place
Czechoslovakia, Košice
office
Member of the National Council, Mayor of Košice
order in office
Speaker of the National Council, 2nd President of Slovakia
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