Emília Kováčová, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Emília Kováčová

Slovakian economist and politician

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1931

Place of Birth: Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Profession: politician, economist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Emília Kovácová (born February 8, 1931) is a Slovak economist and professor of employment and social development at the University of Economics in Bratislava.
She served as the country's first First Lady of Slovakia from 1993 until 1998.Kovácová's husband, Michal Kovác, became the first President of Slovakia upon the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993.
Emília Kovácová, likewise, became the first First Lady in Slovakia's history.
Kovácová created and established the protocols for the new office of the First Lady.
She also oversaw the restoration of Grassalkovich Palace, the country's presidential palace, during the 1990s while continuing to live at the Kovács private home.
She continued to teach economics during her tenure.
In a 1998 interview with the Washington Post, Kovácová noted that she admired then-U.S.
First Lady Hillary Clinton.Kovácová continued to teach at the University of Economics in Bratislava after leaving office in 1998.
She also focused on her foundation, established during her tenure as first lady, which worked to help the elderly and improve educational opportunities in Slovakia.