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BRATISLAVA (Reuters) The first president of independent, post communist Slovakia, Michal Kovac, died on canada goose clearance sale Wednesday aged 2018 canada goose outlet 86 canadian goose jacket after suffering from Parkinson disease, President Andrej Kiska said.

Former canada goose outlet store locations Slovak President Michal Kovac waves to canada goose deals anti government demonstrators protesting against the policies of Slovak Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar Canada Goose Coats On Sale in Bratislava in this March 25, 1998 file photo. REUTERS/File Photo

Kovac, an economist and banker, was elected buy canada goose jacket by Canada Goose Online lawmakers after the amicable break up of Czechoslovakia in 1993, four years after the Velvet Canada Goose Outlet Revolution toppled socialism. Secretary of State, called the country black hole of Europe

The animosity between Kovac and canada goose coats on sale Meciar escalated in 1995 cheap Canada Goose over the kidnapping canada goose outlet toronto factory of the president son, at that time subject to an international arrest warrant for financial crimes, allegedly by the secret service that Meciar controlled.

The kidnapping of Kovac son and his removal to Austria was never fully investigated, as Meciar proclaimed an amnesty on all crimes linked to the event after taking Canada Goose Parka over as acting president when Kovac term expired in 1998.

A police investigation hinted at the secret service involvement in the case, but canadagooseonlineshop.co.uk the probe was interrupted when Meciar issued the amnesty.

Kovac spent the last few months of his presidency in sight of a giant clock installed by Meciar party at a building facing the presidential palace counting down his remaining time in office.

Meciar was only in power for a few Canada Goose online months. His party buy canada goose jacket cheap lost its majority in a 1998 election and was ousted by a canada goose replica centre canada goose store right, centre left coalition led by Mikulas Dzurinda, putting Canada Goose Jackets canadagooseonlineshop the country back on track to join the EU and NATO in 2004. He has always emphasized Slovakia place in the EU, said Marian Lesko, a columnist at the Trend weekly.

presidency was a time when a ruthless and brutal fight was canada goose clearance being fought for canada goose black friday sale the character and future of Slovakia. He helped keep Slovakia on the path that eventually led to canada goose the Canada Goose sale European family of canada goose coats free nations and states, President Andrej Kiska said in a statement.