Ján Ducký
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Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, former Minister in three different Slovak
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
governments and Director of SPP (Slovak Gas Industry)
Slovenský plynárenský priemysel
Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s. is a Slovak key natural gas supplier. The company follows on from over 150 years of gas industry in Slovakia...
. Ducký was one of the key privatisation oligarchs
Business oligarch
Business oligarch is a near-synonym of the term "business magnate", borrowed by the English speaking and western media from post-Soviet parlance to describe the huge, fast-acquired wealth of some businessmen of the former Soviet republics during the privatization in Russia and other post-Soviet...
under Vladimír Mečiar
Vladimír Meciar
Vladimír Mečiar is a Slovak politician who was Prime Minister of Slovakia from 1990 to 1991, from 1992 to 1994, and from 1994 to 1998. He is the leader of the People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia...
's government and he was the author of the infamous Duckého zmenky, the sum owed on the promissory notes
Promissory note
A promissory note is a negotiable instrument, wherein one party makes an unconditional promise in writing to pay a determinate sum of money to the other , either at a fixed or determinable future time or on demand of the payee, under specific terms.Referred to as a note payable in accounting, or...
was left blank. He was shot dead in the hallway of an apartment house in Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
where he lived in 1999. The crime has not been solved.
Early life and education
Ducký was born in Lehota pod Vtáčnikom. He graduaded from University of Economics in BratislavaUniversity of Economics in Bratislava
University of Economics in Bratislava is the oldest university of economics in Slovakia.-History:The university was established in 1940 as a private university under the name...
, specialization economics and administration of industrial companies in 1967.
He began his career working at trade sections of state-owned textile companies Merina Trenčín and Slovakotex Trenčín. From 1983 to 1989 he was employed at the Ministry of Industry of Slovakia as the Director of the trade section and later Vice Minister. From 1991 to 1992 he worked in Vienna
Vienna
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in česko-slovenská majetková účast. In March 1993, he was elected the President of Slovak industry union . Since 1996, Ducký was the Director of Slovenský plynárenský priemysel
Slovenský plynárenský priemysel
Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s. is a Slovak key natural gas supplier. The company follows on from over 150 years of gas industry in Slovakia...
SPP, one of the biggest companies in Slovakia.
Political career
Until 1994, Ducký was a member of Communist Party of SlovakiaCommunist Party of Slovakia
The Communist Party of Slovakia is a communist party in Slovakia, formed in 1992, through the merger of the Communist Party of Slovakia – 91 and the Communist League of Slovakia.According to Luboš Blaha the KSS supported the government of Robert Fico....
(KSS) and through this party he became a minister in Čič's government of national understanding. Since 1994, Ducký was a member of Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko (HZDS), the political party of Vladimír Mečiar
Vladimír Meciar
Vladimír Mečiar is a Slovak politician who was Prime Minister of Slovakia from 1990 to 1991, from 1992 to 1994, and from 1994 to 1998. He is the leader of the People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia...
. In 1994 he was elected into the Slovak parliament on the HZDS ticket.
- December 12, 1989 – June 26, 1990 – Minister of Industry in the government of national understanding
- November 10, 1993 – March 15, 1994 – Minister of Industry in the government of Vladimír Mečiar
- December 13, 1994 – August 27, 1996 – Minister of Industry in the government of Vladimír Mečiar
Murder
Ján Ducký was gunned down on January 11, 1999 in Bratislava. According to Chief Investigator at the Interior Ministry Jaroslav Ivor, the killer waited at the common ground-floor mailboxes for Ducký to emerge. Around 1 p.m. in broad daylight, four 7.65 caliberCaliber
In guns including firearms, caliber or calibre is the approximate internal diameter of the barrel in relation to the diameter of the projectile used in it....
bullets were fired at Ducký, killing him.
On May 28, 1999, Slovak police formally charged Oleg T. (29) a.k.a. Alex with the murder, an Ukrainian with a legal residence in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
but living in Slovakia. Since 1999, Oleg T. had been living with the head of his Mafia group, a fellow Ukrainian Ivan Miskov in Ivanka pri Dunaji
Ivanka pri Dunaji
Ivanka pri Dunaji is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region.-History:In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1209....
. He worked as his bodyguard and manager. In 2000, Oleg T. was freed by the Regional court in Bratislava .
Investigation finally ended in July 2007. The accused was the same man, they already released - Oleg K. (who changed his legal family name in the meantime). Oleg K. could not be localized and he is presumed to be in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
.