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Biography of Vladimir Meciar
Name: Vladimir Meciar
Birth Date: July 26, 1942
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Zvolen, Czechoslovakia
Nationality: Slovak
Gender: Male
Occupations: politician
Vladimir Meciar
As one of the most prominent of politicians in a newly de-Communized Eastern Europe, Slovak leader Vladimir Meciar (born 1942) has been called the "architect of his country's independence," but has also faced criticism for his role in the breakup of the former Czechoslovakia.Vladimir Meciar, a lawyer and onetime Communist, rose to political power after the "Velvet Revolution" of 1989 that ousted decades of socialist, pro-Soviet leadership in Czechoslovakia. Held as a heroic figure among some segments of the Slovak electorate, Meciar has held the prime minister position for the majority of the years since its split into the independent nation of Slovakia.Meciar was born in 1942 in Zvolen, Czechoslovakia--in the Slovak region of the country--into a proletariat family where his mother, even after the rise to prominence of her son, worked as a janitor in a factory. He attended Comenius University in Bratislava, the Slovak capital, and first …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…acts were protested in peaceful street demonstrations.Because the parliament, under Meciar's rule, could not agree on a successor to Kovac, a general election for the presidency was held in September 1998. Meciar lost the election and the rules were modified to conducting a direct vote of the citizens. The presidential elections in May 1999 produced a winner in Rudolf Schuster, the former mayor of Kosice. Meciar continued to remain active through his political party.On April 20, 2000, masked commandos from the organized-crime unit blew down the back door of Meciar's villa with dynamite and took him away at gunpoint for questioning. He was quickly released. The government hoped the arrest would put an end to Meciar's influence over Slovak politics. Associated Events Velvet Revolution, 1989 Further Reading Detroit Free Press, January 15, 1997.Economist, November 15, 1997, p. 54; February 7, 1998, p. 55.Interpress Service, May 21, 1996.Maclean's, October 10, 1994, p. 28.New York Times, October 12, 1997.Prague Post, April 8, 1998.Sydney Morning Herald, March 7, 1998.
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