Tibor Gašpar (born 23 April 1962) was the President of police of

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. He assumed office in 2012.

Early life

Gašpar was born in

Kežmarok Kežmarok (german: Kesmark or ; hu, Késmárk, yi, קעזמאַרק, Kezmark, pl, Kieżmark) is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia (population 16,000), on the Poprad River. Prior to World War I, it was in Szepes county in the ...

, then

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. He attended

Comenius University Comenius University in Bratislava ( sk, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave) is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is name ...

(''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

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. 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 uciak’sinvestigative activities". At the time of his murder, Kuciak was working on a report about the Slovak connections of the

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. The National Police and Government offered €1 million for information leading to the arrest of the murderers. Gaspar resigned in April 2018

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaspar, Tibor 1962 births Living people Slovak police officers People from Kežmarok Comenius University alumni Chiefs of police

Early life

President of Police

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