1. Andrej Kiska ran as an independent candidate in the 2014 presidential election in which he was elected to the presidency in the second round of voting over Prime Minister Robert Fico.
15 Facts About Andrej Kiska
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Andrej Kiska has written two books about happiness, success, and his life.
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Andrej Kiska's father was an active member of the ruling Communist Party of Slovakia.
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Andrej Kiska applied for Communist party membership, but was rejected.
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Andrej Kiska moved to the United States in 1990, one year after the Velvet Revolution.
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Andrej Kiska later founded Triangel and Quatro, two Slovakia-based hire-purchase companies that give the buyer the possibility to pay for goods in several installments over a number of months instead of paying the full price at once.
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Andrej Kiska eventually agreed to pay the taxes and a penalty.
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Andrej Kiska's companies were involved in a number of tax-non compliance issues.
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Andrej Kiska was convicted and sentenced to a two-years of suspended imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.
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Andrej Kiska responded that the verdict was the result of threats made by Robert Fico.
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Andrej Kiska announced on 15 May 2018 that he will not participate in 2019 presidential election, arguing that his departure might end "the era of political confrontation" his country faced and citing a desire to spend more time with his family.
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At the time Andrej Kiska made the announcement, polls indicated that he was Slovakia's most trusted politician and that he would have likely been the frontrunner in the election had he chosen to present himself as a candidate.
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Andrej Kiska has spoken out against Russia over the Russian invasion of Ukraine and supports sanctions against them.
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In 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, Andrej Kiska endorsed and supported SaS, which ran a group of former Za Ludi candidates, including former Minister of Justice Maria Kolikova, following an intra-party split with Andrej Kiska's successor as ZL leader Veronika Remisova.
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Andrej Kiska was married to Maria Kiskova, an educator and politician from 1983 until 2001.