Miroslav Radačovský

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Miroslav Radačovský (born 24 September 1953 in Ľutina)^[1] is a Slovak politician and former judge,^[2] who was non-attached Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024.^[3]

Miroslav Radačovský served in the judiciary for 37 years and 214 days. Up until his election to the European Parliament, he worked at the District Court in Poprad. As a judge, he led a land ownership case against former Slovak President Andrej Kiska, which Kiska lost.

In July 1999, Miroslav Radačovský came into the public eye when he was stopped by police officers in Košice during a routine traffic check. They found 18 packets of cocaine in his possession, as well as an illegally held rifle on the car seat. Radačovský defended himself by claiming he had found the items in his son’s apartment in Košice and, to prevent his son from facing legal trouble, had taken the items with the intention of disposing of them.

After twelve years of hearings and appeals, the Regional Court in Žilina delivered a clear verdict in 2012, declaring Judge Miroslav Radačovský innocent.^[4]

Miroslav Radačovský later retired from his position as judge and successfully ran for the European Parliament.

On 2 July 2019,^[5][6] Radačovský was elected as the Member of the European Parliament for Slovakia, as one of the non-attached members.^[7]

In April 2024, MEP Radačovský, after performing a speech wishing the whole world, the Russians and the Ukrainians peace, produced a live dove from a bag and released it into the chamber of the Parliament in Strasbourg. French ecologist MEP Caroline Roose raised a point of order against the act.^[8]

In 2020, a group of active young citizens in Slovakia called upon Miroslav Radačovský to become the leader of a new political party. The political party Slovak PATRIOT was established following a signature collection campaign in Slovakia in 2020 and it was officially created on February 10, 2021. During the 1st assembly of the party on February 20, 2021, Miroslav Radačovský was elected chairman.^[9]

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