Roman Mikulec is a Slovak politician and former soldier, serving as the current
Interior Minister of Slovakia.
Education
In 1994, Mikulec graduated with a
Master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. at the Military Air Force Academy in
Košice
Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...
(today Faculty of Aeronautics of
Technical University of Košice
Technical University of Košice (Slovak: ''Technická univerzita v Košiciach'') is the second largest university of technology in Slovakia.
University structure
* Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnology,
* Faculty of Ma ...
). He also holds a
M.Sc.
A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...
in law, economics and management from the
Brno
Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...
International Business School (B.I.B.S.).
Career
After a short time as a fighter pilot, in 1997 Mikulec joined the
Military Intelligence Service
The Military Intelligence Service ( ja, アメリカ陸軍情報部, ''America Rikugun Jōhōbu'') was a World War II U.S. military unit consisting of two branches, the Japanese American unit (described here) and the German-Austrian unit based ...
, eventually becoming its director.
He was charged with
sabotage
Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. One who engages in sabotage is a ''saboteur''. Saboteurs typically try to conceal their identitie ...
,
defamation
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and disclosing classified information in 2013, but was acquitted in 2019.
In
2020 parliamentary election, Mikulec stood for
Ordinary People
''Ordinary People'' is a 1980 American drama film directed by Robert Redford in his directorial debut. The screenplay by Alvin Sargent is based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Judith Guest. The film follows the disintegration of an upper ...
, an anti-corruption party. He received 7435 preferential votes and was elected to the
National Council.
Mikulec was made Minister for the Interior on 21 March 2020.
See also
*
Cabinet of Igor Matovič
Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to:
Furniture
* Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers
* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
* Filing ...
References
1972 births
Living people
Politicians from Bratislava
Slovak aviators
Interior ministers of Slovakia
OĽaNO politicians
Military personnel from Bratislava
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