Robert Fico
was born on15 September 1964, is a Slovak politician currently serving as the
Prime Minister of Slovakia since 2023, having served previously from 2006 to
2010 and from 2012 to 2018. He founded the Direction – Social Democracy (Smer)
party in 1999 and has led the party since its foundation.
Fico holds a record as the longest-serving
prime minister in the country's history, having served for a total of over 10
years. Fico's political positions have been described as populist.
In October
2023, he condemned the Hamas-led attack on Israel, but rejected
"considerations of razing the Gaza Strip to the ground or denying
humanitarian aid in this area." In December 2023, Fico criticized the
"hypocrisy" of the EU, which was reluctant to talk about Israeli war
crimes in Gaza.
Robert
Fico’s family
Fico is
married to Svetlana Ficová (59 years old), a lawyer and associate professor
from Žilina. They were classmates while both were studying law at the Comenius
University in Bratislava, and they married in 1988. That year, they made their
honeymoon to Malta. They have one son together, Michal, who studied at the
University of Economics in Bratislava. Apart from his native Slovak, Fico is
fluent in English and Russian.
Annual salary in 2024
Robert Fico earns a salary of €132,000 ($143,000) annually.