Roman Mikulec (born 18 March 1972) is a Slovak politician and former soldier who served as the Interior Minister of Slovakia from 2020 to 2023. He was succeeded by

Ivan Šimko Ivan Šimko (born 1 January 1955) is Slovakia, Slovak politician and former defense and interior affairs minister. A founding member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) in 1990, Šimko left to co-found the Slovak Democratic and Christian ...

in May 2023.

Education

In 1994, Mikulec graduated with a

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at the Military Air Force Academy in

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(today Faculty of Aeronautics of

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). He also holds a

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in law, economics and management from the

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International Business School (B.I.B.S.).

Career

After a short time as a fighter pilot, in 1997 Mikulec joined the

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, eventually becoming its director. He was charged with

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and disclosing classified information in 2013, but was acquitted in 2019. In 2020 parliamentary election, Mikulec stood for

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, an anti-corruption party. He received 7435 preferential votes and was elected to the National Council. Mikulec was made Minister for the Interior on 21 March 2020. He survived a no-confidence motion on 20 September 2022; there were 58 votes for the motion, 48 against and 39 abstentions. The motion failed because a majority of the National Council, 76 votes, was needed for it to be passed. He survived another no-confidence motion on 1 December where there were 71 votes for, 47 against and 23 abstentions. The Heger government itself lost a no confidence vote on 15 December, ruling as an interim administration until a technocratic caretaker government was formed by

Ľudovít Ódor Ľudovít Ódor (; born 2 July 1976) is a Slovak economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Slovakia from May to October 2023, heading a technocratic cabinet. From July to October 2023, he also served as Minister of the Interior. ...

in May 2023. Mikulec was then replaced by

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Education

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