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Mitrik: I Accept the Post of SIS Director with Humility
Thursday 22 July 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Spisska Nova Ves, July 22 (TASR) - Karol Mitrik told TASR on Thursday that he is humbled by the nomination to the post of Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) director. "I'm heading in (to the job) fully determined to help the country, to help the Slovak Republic," said Mistrik.
He refused to provide any further comments, as all the official procedures haven't taken place yet. "In fact, I'm not the director yet," he said.
Meanwhile, the Mitrik's nomination has been confirmed by Prime Minister Iveta Radicova.
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 more than a decade ago and the head of the Kosice regional party executive 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 2010, 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.
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