Tibor Gašpar

Tibor Gašpar


Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2023
President of the Police of Slovakia
In office 15 May 2012 – 31 May 2018
President	Ivan Gašparovič Andrej Kiska
Preceded by	Jaroslav Spišiak
Succeeded by	Milan Lučanský

Personal details
Born	(1962-04-23) 23 April 1962 (age 62) Kežmarok, Czechoslovakia
Political party	Direction – Social Democracy (2023–present)
Spouse	Iveta Gašparová
Children	1
Alma mater	Comenius University, graduated 1987^[1]

Tibor Gašpar (born 23 April 1962) is a Slovak police officer and politician. He was the President of police of Slovakia from 2012 to 2018.^[2] He has served as a Member of the National Council since 2023.

Early life

Gašpar was born in Kežmarok, then Czechoslovakia. He attended Comenius University (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. 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 [Kuciak’s] investigative activities". At the time of his murder, Kuciak was working on a report about the Slovak connections of the 'Ndrangheta.^[3] The National Police and Government offered €1 million for information leading to the arrest of the murderers.^[4]^[5]^[6] Gaspar resigned in April 2018

Political career

Gašpar was alleged to run for SMER-SD in 2020 Slovak parliamentary election. Whilst that did not happen, in 2023, Robert Fico invited Gašpar to run for the party ahead of 2023 Slovak parliamentary election.^[7]

References

^ "Prezident Policajného zboru. gen. PaedDr. TIBOR GAŠPAR. Narodený: 23. apríla 1962 v Kežmarku. Vzdelanie: 1993 - Akadémia PZ, špecializačné policajné vzdelanie 1982 - 1987 Univerzita Komenského (Written in Slovak)". minv.sk. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ "Policajný prezident Tibor Gašpar (55) potvrdil, že končí. Nie však pre študentský protest, ale z osobných dôvodov. Cíti sa unavený, a preto aj víta zmeny. (Written in Slovak)". cas.sk. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ a.s., Petit Press. "Kuciak investigated links between politicians and mafia".
^ Boffey, Daniel. "Slovakian journalist investigating claims of tax fraud linked to ruling party shot dead". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "Investigative journalist Jan Kuciak killed in Slovakia". Deutsche Welle. 2018-02-26.
^ Janicek, Karel. "Slovak investigative reporter, girlfriend found shot dead". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26.
^ "Robert Fico: Idem do kampane, v ktorej ma chcú zatvoriť". Štandard (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-03-21.