only 59 years old, he is a doctor of law, a specialist in criminal law and a member of the slovak lawyers' association. after graduating from university in bratislava, he served briefly in the army; from 1987 to 1990, fica was a member of the communist party slovakia, and even after the collapse of the soviet union and the velvet revolution, retained his leftist views. he joined the democratic left party, the successor of the communist party, and only after its collapse, in november 99, he created his own center-left party, the direction of social democracy. from 1994 to 2000 he was slovakia's commissioner at the european court of human rights. he was twice a member of the parliament of the slovak republic and was also twice the prime minister of the country. in 2012. in protest against the murder take to the streets thousands of citizens walked out, and robert fitzo resigned. later, the perpetrators of the murder were found, and the alleged customer, businessman marianne kočner, who appeared in the journalist’s investigation, was also arrested, but the court acquitted him. in april 2023, robert fitso