Michal Kov�? is a former and the first President of Slovakia. He graduated from the present-day University of Economics in Bratislava and was a bank employee of the St�tn� banka ?eskoslovensk� and of other banks. As such, he spent some years in London and in Cuba in the 1960s. During the Normalization he was subject to some persecution. During and after the Velvet Revolution, from December 12, 1989 to May 17, 1991 he was the Finance Minister of the Slovak Republic. In early 1991, he was one of the founders and the vice-chairman of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia. As such, he was elected as a deputy to the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia in 1990. After the 1992 election he served as the Chairman of the Federal Assembly from June 25, to December 31, 1992. He played an important role in the process of the preparation of the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. He was elected president by the National Council of Slovakia in February 1993 and inaugurated on March 2, 1993. 

August 5th, 1930 in ?ubi?a  /  Died:   Oct 5th, 2016