Vladimír Mečiar (; born 26 July 1942) is a Slovak politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia three times, from 1990 to 1991, from 1992 to 1994 and from 1994 to 1998. He was the leader of the People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (ĽS-HZDS). Mečiar led Slovakia during the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992–93 and was one of the leading presidential candidates in Slovakia in 1999 and 2004. He has been criticized by his opponents as well as by Western political organisations for having an autocratic style of administration and for his connections to organized crime and his years in government became infamously known as Mečiarizmus (Mečiarism - spin off from Communism, due to its autocracy). Czechoslovakia Mečiar was born in Detva in 1942 as the eldest of four boys. His father was a tailor, and his mother a housewife. His wife Margita is a medical doctor and they have three children. Starting in the Communist Party of Slovakia, the only road to prominence in Communist
Vladimír Mečiar (nacido el 26 de julio de 1942) es un político eslovaco que sirvió como primer ministro de Eslovaquia tres veces, de 1990 a 1991, de 1992 a 1994 y de 1994 a 1998. Él fue el líder del Partido Popular - Movimiento por una Eslovaquia Democrática (ĽS-HZDS). Mečiar lideró Eslovaquia durante la disolución de Checoslovaquia en 1992-1993 y fue uno de los principales candidatos presidenciales en Eslovaquia en 1999 y 2004. Ha sido criticado por sus oponentes, así como por las organizaciones políticas occidentales por tener un estilo autocrático de administración y por sus conexiones con el crimen organizado y sus años en el gobierno se hizo infamablemente conocido como Mečiarizmus (Mečiarismo - se aleja del comunismo, debido a su autocracia).