Rudolf Schuster (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rudolf Schuster (born January 4, 1934 in Ko ice, Czechoslovakia) was the second President of Slovakia (1999-2004). He was elected on May 29, 1999 and inaugurated on June 15. Schuster was defeated in the presidential elections of April 2004, in which he ran as an independent. He received 7.4% of the vote, with three other candidates (Ivan Ga parovi, Vladimir Me iar and Eduard Kukan) receiving more than that. He was succeeded by Ivan Ga parovi . 1964 to 1990, Schuster was a member of the Communist Party of Slovakia. Before becoming president, he was a mayor (Slovak: primator ) of Ko ice in 1983-1986 and 1994-1999 respectively. He was also the last Communist president of the Slovak National Council (1989-1990), an ambassador of Czechoslovakia in Canada (1990-1992) and a leader of the Party of Civic Understanding (SOP - Strana ob ianskeho porozumenia, 1998-1999).