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Skip to contentSkip to site indexSearch & Section NavigationSection Navigation SEARCH Europe SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK Slovakia Shooting * Prime Minister Attacked * Who Is Robert Fico? * Europe on Edge * 2023 Election Victory * Drift Toward Russia Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT WHO IS ROBERT FICO, THE SLOVAKIAN PRIME MINISTER? Much of the focus on Mr. Fico’s leadership has focused on his ties to President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary. * Share full article * * * Read in app Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and seriously wounded on Wednesday.Credit...Vladimir Simicek/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Matthew Mpoke Bigg * May 15, 2024Updated 2:04 p.m. ET Robert Fico, 59, has played a pivotal role in Slovakian politics in the years since it gained independence in 1993 and has served as prime minister longer than any other leader. The country gained independence after the so-called Velvet Revolution, a series of popular and nonviolent protests in 1989 against the Communist Party in what was at that time still Czechoslovakia. Mr. Fico, who had been a Communist Party member while it was in power, founded the Smer party in the late 1990s and began the first of his three terms as prime minister in 2006, serving for four years before going into opposition after his coalition lost an election. Slovakia is a landlocked country of around 5 million people. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Matthew Mpoke Bigg is a London-based reporter on the Live team at The Times, which covers breaking and developing news. More about Matthew Mpoke Bigg * Share full article * * * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2024 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options