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Karol Mitrik to Become New Slovak Intelligence Service Director
Tuesday 20 July 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, July 20 (TASR) - The Coalition Council session held on Tuesday elected Karol Mitrik (a SDKU-DS nominee) to the post of Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) director.
Mitrik was unanimously approved as a SDKU candidate on July 19 by the SDKU presidium.
Mitrik, 63, a manager by profession, twice held the post of mayor of Spisska Nova Ves (Kosice region) in 1994-2002 as a Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) nominee. He was also a founding member of SDKU and served as the head of Kosice region party structure until January 2006. In 2001-2005, Mitrik was an SDKU MP in the Kosice regional parliament and an MP in the national parliament between 2002-06, where he held seats on the parliamentary committees for public administration, special supervision of the secret services and for military intelligence. In 2006, he ran for parliament in 94th place on the SDKU slate, and has been the co-owner of a company called DND Trade since April 2010.
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