Vladimír Mečiar ( born 26 July 1942 ) is a former Slovak politician who served three times as Prime Minister of Slovakia serving from 1990 to 1991, from 1992 to 1994, and from 1994 to 1998.

However, after Kovač's term expired in March 1998 the Slovak parliament was unable to elect a successor, so Mečiar also temporarily assumed the role of acting president.

He was also the last Communist president of the Slovak National Council ( 1989 – 1990 ), an ambassador of Czechoslovakia in Canada ( 1990 – 1992 ) and a leader of the Party of Civic Understanding ( SOP – Strana občianskeho porozumenia, 1998 – 1999 ).

Mikuláš Dzurinda () ( born 4 February 1955 ) is a Slovak politician and a former Prime Minister of Slovakia from 30 October 1998 to 4 July 2006.

Dzurinda was appointed Slovakia's prime minister for the first time in October 1998, leading five previous opposition parties united as the Slovak Democratic Coalition ( SDK ) and defeating the government of Vladimír Mečiar at the polls.

The following season in 1998 – 99, he joined Dukla Trencin in the Slovak Extraliga full-time and 20 points over 33 games as a rookie.

In September 1998 election he ran for the Parliament for the Slovak Democratic Coalition.

In 1998, Dr. Sičáková co-founded the Slovak chapter of Transparency International, and was a member of its worldwide Executive Board from 2001 until 2004.

He was a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic from 1994 to 1998 and from 1998 to 2002.

From 1998 to 2003, a Slovak version was also sold, manufactured by Zdeněk Hoffmann in Domažlice ( formerly Taus ) in Bohemia, who claimed that Alfred Becher had given his grandfather the recipe in 1939, with the right to manufacture the product, as he was worried that the secret might not survive the war.

Marián Ostrčil ( born October 15, 1980 in Bratislava ) is a Slovak sprint canoer who has been competing since 1998.

Slovan returned to the Slovak throne in the 1998 – 99 season.

Following the 1998 elections, they joined the ruling Slovak Democratic Coalition until 2002.

In the 1998 election, the party run for parliamentary seats within the coalition ( later party ) Slovak Democratic Coalition ( SDK ), so that many candidates of the Democratic Party got into the parliament as candidates of the SDK.

From 1994 to 1998, STV used an internal selection to select the Slovak entry for the contest.

From 1993 to May 1998, Kubiš was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the UN Office in Geneva, as well as to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and other international organizations.

After the fall of the Conservative government to Labour in 1997, she served as Shadow Health Secretary between 1998 and 1999 and later as Shadow Home Secretary between 1999 and 2001 under William Hague.

In 1998, a constitutional reform, led by the government of the President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, introduced regulatory agencies as a part of the executive branch.

Facing the Chancellery is the Bundestag, the German Parliament, housed in the renovated Reichstag building since the government moved back to Berlin in 1998.

As of December 1998, the government had licensed 418 banks and trust companies in The Bahamas.

In July 1998, the UDF-led government and the IMF reached agreement on a 3-year loan worth about $ 800 million, which replaced the 14-month stand-by agreement that expired in June 1998.

In June 1998, Buyoya promulgated a transitional constitution and announced a partnership between the government and the opposition-led National Assembly.

However, peace was short-lived, as FARF rebels clashed with government soldiers, finally surrendering to government forces in May 1998.

Since October 1998, Chadian Movement for Justice and Democracy ( MDJT ) rebels, led by Youssuf Togoimi until his death in September 2002, have skirmished with government troops in the Tibesti region, resulting in hundreds of civilian, government, and rebel casualties, but little ground won or lost.

Although a 1990 law authorizes private radio and television stations, the government has not granted any licenses as of March 1998.

The reincorporation of Cuba as an active member had arisen regularly as a topic within the inter-American system ( e. g., it was intimated by the outgoing ambassador of Mexico in 1998 ) but most observers did not see it as a serious possibility while the Socialist government remained in power.

Following the 1998 presidential election, Klerides tried to form a government of national unity, by including six ministers from Klerides ' Democratic Rally party, two ministers from the socialist EDEK, three from the Democratic Party ( who broke ranks with party leader Spyros Kyprianou ) and one from the United Democrats.

According to some sources, Mohéli did return to government control in 1998.

The most recent town charter, adopted in 1998, lays out the form of government for the Town.

According to the Eritrean government, artisanal mining in 1998 collected 573. 4 kilograms of gold.

The UDR was a crucial component of the majority that supported the D ' Alema government in October 1998, after the fall of the Prodi government which lost a vote of confidence.

The 1998 fall-off in oil prices had a negative impact on government revenues and the economy.

The government revised the private investment code in 1998 to stimulate economic activity in the spirit of a free enterprise.

Intermittent fighting between Senegalese-backed government troops and a military junta destroyed much of the country's infrastructure and caused widespread damage to the economy in 1998 ; the civil war led to a 28 % drop in GDP that year, with partial recovery in 1999.

In the 1998 federal election, despite a slight fall in their percentage of the vote ( 6. 7 %), the Greens retained 47 seats and joined the federal government for the first time in ' Red-Green ' coalition government with the Social Democratic Party of Germany ( SPD ).

The split between Aristide and Préval produced a dangerous political deadlock, and the government was unable to organize the local and parliamentary elections due in late 1998.

The AFL turned its focus for representation to an annual International Rules Series against Ireland in 1998 before abolishing State of Origin in 1999.

Kazakhstan's economy turned downward in 1998 with a 2. 5 % decline in GDP growth due to slumping oil prices and the August financial crisis in Russia.

The same year, both men attracted the attention of Saudi intelligence, who believed they were involved in arms smuggling, and the following year they were eyed as possible collaborators in the 1998 United States embassy bombings in East Africa after it emerged that Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali had given the FBI the phone number of Mihdhar's father-in-law ; 967-1-200578, which turned out to be a key communications hub for al-Qaeda militants, and eventually tipped off the Americans about the upcoming Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit.

Kazin ( 1998 ) says, " The liberals who anxiously turned back the assault of the postwar Right were confronted in the 1960s by a very different adversary: a radical movement led, in the main, by their own children.

Growth turned sharply negative in 1998 and 1999 as a result of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

The first spade at the start of the Daimler-Benz development was turned by the Mayor of Berlin, Eberhard Diepgen, on 11 October 1993, and the finished complex was officially opened by the Federal President of Germany, Roman Herzog, on 2 October 1998, in a glittering ceremony featuring large-scale celebrations and musical performances.

It fell into disrepair in the 1990s but was bought in 1998 and refurbished and turned into an upmarket restaurant.

In 1998, the Mackinaw Depot was purchased by a local family and turned into a floral shop and tea room.

In 1998 the book was turned into a movie starring John Travolta and Robert Duvall, also titled A Civil Action.

The name " Whalers " was selected after the Hartford Whalers of the NHL, with the Marlton team's jersey featuring the NHL team's logo but turned upside down to make the W an M. The team was restarted in 1998 as a roller hockey team, abandoning the upside down W for a sharper angrier whale logo similar to that used by the OHL Plymouth Whalers.

KPOS ( AM ) was licensed to Post but was deleted ( license turned into FCC ) for cancellation in 1998 when the sister FM was upgraded to cover Slaton and the Lubbock area.

The successor, Eveready Industries India, Limited ( EIIL ), ended its 99-year lease in 1998 and turned over control of the site to the state government of Madhya Pradesh.

Wasteland is set in 2087, following the nuclear war of 1998, when Earth has been turned into the titular " wasteland " where survival is the paramount objective.

Scholz headed back to the studio in 1998 to begin work on a fifth album, which eventually turned out to be Corporate America.

The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1992 to 1997, until the MILL turned into the NLL in 1998.

When Vince McMahon turned heel in 1998, Slaughter, along with Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson, became the on-screen lackeys of McMahon ; running errands for him and dishing out punishment to McMahon's rivals, namely Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Young was originally offered a part in 1998 movie There's Something About Mary, but turned the role down due to the film's coarse nature.

After several releases, by 1998 Shamaatae had discontinued working with Necropolis Records because they went under, and turned his attention to writing books on the subjects of Pan, Old Norse traditions, runic witchcraft and anti-cosmic Satanism / chaos-gnosticism.

In 1998, Van Dam turned face and started a feud with Triple Threat ( Shane Douglas, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Chris Candido ).

In 1998 it turned its 30th anniversary counted from its declaration as an urban settlement.

The Gladiators ' fortunes turned around, and they had their first winning season since 1998, going 9 – 5 and hosting a playoff game for the first time ( a loss to Orlando ).

Sauber offered Berger a drive for 1998, but the Austrian turned down the offer for a number of reasons, not least because of the new regulations for grooved tyres which the Austrian did not find inspiring.

On June 19, 1998 the government of Panama turned over control of the Panama Canal Railway to Kansas City Southern Railroad and the privately held Lanigan Holdings, LLC.

Following the 1998 NBA Draft, Nash was traded from the Suns to the Mavericks in exchange for Martin Müürsepp, Bubba Wells, the draft rights to Pat Garrity and a first-round draft pick ( who later turned out to be future Phoenix team-mate Shawn Marion ).