Bajzova Street in Bratislava, Ján Ducký was murdered in the middle apartment house Ján Ducký, Ing. (January 30, 1944 – January 11, 1999) was a Slovak

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, former Minister in three different Slovak governments and Director of SPP (Slovak Gas Industry). Ducký was one of the key privatisation oligarchs under

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's government and he was the author of the infamous Duckého zmenky, the sum owed on the

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s was left blank. He was shot dead in the hallway of an apartment house in

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where he lived in 1999. The crime has not been solved.

Early life and education

Ducký was born in Lehota pod Vtáčnikom. He graduated from

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in 1967, specializing in economics and administration of industrial companies. He began his career working at trade sections of state-owned textile companies ''Merina Trenčín'' and ''Slovakotex Trenčín''. From 1983 to 1989 he was employed at the Ministry of Industry of Slovakia as the Director of the trade section and later Vice Minister. From 1991 to 1992 he worked in

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in ''česko-slovenská majetková účast''. In March 1993, he was elected the President of Slovak industry union (). Since 1996, Ducký was the Director of

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SPP, one of the biggest companies in Slovakia.

Political career

Until 1994, Ducký was a member of

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(KSS) and through this party he became a minister in Čič's government of national understanding. Since 1994, Ducký was a member of Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko (HZDS), the political party of

. In 1994 he was elected into the Slovak parliament on the HZDS ticket. * December 12, 1989 – June 26, 1990 – Minister of Industry () in the government of national understanding * November 10, 1993 – March 15, 1994 – Minister of Industry () in the government of Vladimír Mečiar * December 13, 1994 – August 27, 1996 – Minister of Industry () in the government of Vladimír Mečiar

Death

Ján Ducký's body when found by the police, the only picture known to be released Ján Ducký was gunned down on January 11, 1999 in Bratislava. According to Chief Investigator at the Interior Ministry

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, the killer waited at the common ground-floor mailboxes for Ducký to emerge. Around 1 p.m. in broad daylight, four 7.65

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bullets were fired at Ducký, killing him. On May 28, 1999, Slovak police formally charged Oleg T. (29) a.k.a. Alex with the murder, a Ukrainian with a legal residence in

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but living in Slovakia. Since 1999, Oleg T. had been living with the head of his Mafia group, a fellow Ukrainian Ivan Miskov in

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. He worked as his bodyguard and manager. In 2000, Oleg T. was freed by the Regional court in Bratislava (). Investigation finally ended in July 2007. The accused was the same man, they already released - Oleg K. (who changed his legal family name in the meantime). Oleg K. could not be localized and he is presumed to be in

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References

External links

The Slovak Spectator - Former minister Ján Ducký murdered (in English)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ducky, Jan 1944 births 1999 deaths Government ministers of Slovakia University of Economics in Bratislava alumni Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1994-1998

Early life and education

Political career

Death

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References

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