Ivan Šimko (born January 1, 1955,
Bratislava) is
Slovak politician and former
defence minister.
A founding member of the
Christian Democratic Movement
The Christian Democratic Movement ( sk, Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie, KDH) is a Christian democracy, Christian-democratic List of political parties in Slovakia, political party in Slovakia that is a member of the European People's Party (EPP ...
(KDH) in 1990, Šimko left to co-found the
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union
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* Something from, related to, or belonging to Slovakia (''Slovenská republika'')
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in 2000. After a disagreement with Prime Minister
Mikuláš Dzurinda
Mikuláš Dzurinda (; born 4 February 1956) is a Slovak politician who was the prime minister of Slovakia from 30 October 1998 to 4 July 2006. He is the founder and leader of the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) and then the Slovak Democratic a ...
, he led a group of MPs to form the
Free Forum
The Free Forum ( sk, Slobodné fórum, ; "Free" in the sense of " freedom") was a political party in Slovakia, founded in 2004 by dissident parliamentarians from the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ). Zuzana Martináková is the leade ...
in January 2004. He surprisingly lost the party's leadership election two months later to
Zuzana Martináková
Zuzana Martináková (born 5 May 1961 in Púchov, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak politician and a former journalist. She is the leader of the political party Free Forum.
Life
Martináková is a graduate of the Comenius University in Bratislava. S ...
, and he left in October 2004 to form
Mission 21 – New Christian Democracy. In May 2010, he returned to the Christian Democratic Movement.
References
1955 births
Living people
Politicians from Bratislava
Defence Ministers of Slovakia
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1994-1998
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1998-2002
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2002-2006
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