Jaroslav Svěchota, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jaroslav Svěchota

Slovak politician

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1941

Place of Birth: Domanín, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 08-Nov-2004

Profession: lawyer, politician

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jaroslav Svechota, plk., JUDr.
(September 13, 1941 – November 8, 2004) was the former Deputy Chief of the Slovak Secret Service and lawyer.
Together with Ivan Lexa, Svechota was one of the key figures in the controversial reign of Prime Minister Vladimír Meciar in Slovakia in the mid-1990s and was an important figure in numerous trials concerning the Secret Service both as witness and defendant. According to newspaper SME he was considered the "gray eminence" of the Slovak Secret Service under Ivan Lexa.
All police investigation and trials of Svechota were stopped after his death.