Rudolf Schuster

President of Slovakia

4 January 1934 Košice, Czechoslovakia

Spouse(s)Irena Schusterová-Trojáková ( 2008)

15 June 1999 – 15 June 2004

Rudolf Schuster (born 4 January 1934) is the former President of Slovakia, his term of office ran from 1999 to 2004. He was elected on 29 May 1999 and inaugurated on 15 June. In the presidential elections of April 2004, in which he sought re-election, Schuster was defeated. He received only 7.4% of the vote, with three other candidates (Ivan Gašparovič, Vladimír Mečiar and Eduard Kukan) receiving more than that. He was succeeded by Ivan Gašparovič.