Who is Robert Fico’s wife, Svetlana Ficova? Meet the Slovakian prime minister’s lawyer spouse
SLOVAKIA'S Prime Minister Robert Fico has been left seriously hurt after being gunned down in an assassination attempt.
As Fico fights for is life his wife, Svetlana Ficova, is by his side.
Who is Robert Fico's wife, Svetlana?
Svetlana Ficova was born on September 6, 1964, in Žilina, Slovakia, and is a lawyer.
She learnt her trade at the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University in Bratislava.
Svetlana studied from 1982 to 1986, where she earned a Doctor of Laws degree.
She has also written and contributed to eight university textbooks.
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What does Robert Fico's wife, Svetlana Ficova do for a living?
Svetlana splits her time between being a lawyer and a university professor.
She teaches at the Department of Civil Law of the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University in Bratislava.
At the same time Svetlana has her own law office in Bratislava.
Since 2012, she has been a member of the commission at the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic.
How long have Robert Fico and Svetlana Ficova been married?
After meeting when they were both studying, the couple wed in 1988.
This means as of 2024, they have been married 36 years.
However, on May 15, 2024, Svetlana's husband Robert Fico was gunned down in broad daylight in an assassination attempt on his life.
Horrifying footage captured the moment the politician was shot at five times by an alleged 71-year-old attacker.
Despite the horror attack, Fico is expected to survive his injuries, according to Slovakia's Deputy Prime Minister Tomas Taraba.
It comes after the PM went through a reported three hours worth of urgent surgery after his injuries were labelled as ";extraordinarily serious" when he entered hospital.
Taraba said: "Fortunately as far as I know the operation went well - and I guess in the end he will survive.
"He's not in a life threatening situation at this moment."
Do Robert Fico and Svetlana Ficova have any children?
The couple share one son together who was born 1994.
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Their son Michal Fico studied at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Economics in Bratislava from 2014 to 2018.
He is also reportedly married to wife Natasa.
Who is Slovakian PM Robert Fico?
SLOVAKIAN prime minister Robert Fico won his country’s elections in September 2023 on a platform of pro-Russian and anti-Western sentiment.
It was his fourth term as prime minister leading the divisive Smer - meaning “Direction” - party.
The controversial leader, whose policies have been met with country-wide protests, is a supporter of Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin.
In January 2024 he said the only way to end the Ukraine war would be for President Volodymyr Zelensky’s brave forces to give some of their land to Russian invaders.
He has also opposed Nato membership for Ukraine and said the nation is “not an independent and sovereign country”.
Fico said at the time: “What do they expect, that the Russians will leave Crimea, Donbas and Luhansk? That's unrealistic."
Before taking power in December, he promised to stop sending weapons to Ukraine.
He also assured voters he would block any attempts by Kyiv to join Nato and would oppose sanctions against Russia.
In a shocking claim, Fico said Ukraine joining the European military alliance would be “a basis for World War III, nothing else”.
Sickeningly, Fico has claimed that Ukraine - which has been fighting off Russia’s illegal invasion for more than two years - is “one of the most corrupt nations in the world”.
In stark contrast to the war-ravaged experiences of countless Ukrainians, Fico once claimed: “there’s no war in Kyiv,” describing life in the capital as “absolutely normal”.
He has also vowed to enforce a strict stance against migration and NGOs, and has campaigned against the rights of the LGBTQ+ community.
Notorious for tirades against journalists, Fico has previously dubbed a major television network, two national newspapers, and an online news outlet as his “enemies”.