Tibor Gašpar (born 23 April 1962) was the
President of police of
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
. He assumed office in 2012.
Early life
Gašpar was born in
Kežmarok
Kežmarok (german: Kesmark or ; hu, Késmárk, yi, קעזמאַרק, Kezmark, pl, Kieżmark) is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia (population 16,000), on the Poprad River. Prior to World War I, it was in Szepes county in the Kin ...
, then
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
. He attended
Comenius University
Comenius University in Bratislava ( sk, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave) is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is name ...
(''Slovak: Univerzita Komenského'') from 1982 until he graduated in 1987.
President of Police
Gašpar assumed office on 15 May 2012. Over his tenure he has led many high-level investigations, including investigations into corruption and theft within the
Government of Slovakia
The Government of the Slovak Republic ( sk, Vláda Slovenskej republiky) exercises executive authority in Slovakia. It is led by the Prime Minister of Slovakia, who is nominated by the President of Slovakia, and is usually the leader of majority p ...
. In February 2018, Gašpar and the Slovak Police came under international media attention after the
murder of journalist Ján Kuciak. Gašpar announced that his killing was likely to "have something to do with
uciak’sinvestigative activities". At the time of his murder, Kuciak was working on a report about the Slovak connections of the
'Ndrangheta
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. The National Police and Government offered €1 million for information leading to the arrest of the murderers.
Gaspar resigned in April 2018
See also
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List of presidents of the Slovak Police Force
The president or chief of police is the head of the national police, the Law enforcement in Slovakia, Slovak Police Force, in Slovakia.
List
References
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Lists of chiefs of police, Slovak ...
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Slovak Police Force
The Slovak Police Force (SPF), officially the Police Force (Slovak language, Slovak: ''Policajný zbor''), is the national police force of Slovakia.
The Force is part of and extremely active in both Europol and Interpol. In the recent years the fo ...
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Murder of Ján Kuciak
Ján Kuciak (17 May 1990 – 21 February 2018) was a Slovak investigative journalist. Kuciak worked as a reporter for the news website Aktuality.sk, focused mainly on investigating tax fraud of several businessmen with connections to top-level Slo ...
References
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1962 births
Living people
Slovak police officers
People from Kežmarok
Comenius University alumni
Chiefs of police