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Cabinet Ousts Intelligence Service Head Magala, Mitrik to Replace Him
Wednesday 21 July 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, July 21 (TASR) - The Cabinet at its session on Wednesday decided to dismiss Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) head Jozef Magala and approve the nomination of Karol Mitrik (a SDKU-DS nominee) for the post, TASR learnt on the same day.
Prime Minister Iveta Radicova is set to submit both proposals to President Ivan Gasparovic, who has the power to recall and appoint the SIS director. Magala (a Smer-SD nominee) has headed SIS since July 27, 2006.
Mitrik was unanimously approved as an SDKU candidate on Monday by the SDKU presidium, with his candidacy also backed at a Coalition Council session on Tuesday.
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.
Between 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.
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