BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, June 15, SPA -- Ivan Gasparovic has been inaugurated for a second term as Slovakia's president. Gasparovic took the oath of office at Slovakia'sparliament on Monday for the largely ceremonial post. He defeated his challenger, Iveta Radicova, in thepresidential runoff race on April 4. Radicova had hoped tobecome Slovakia's first female president. The 68-year-old Gaparovic has become the first presidentsince Slovakia's 1993 independence to be elected for twofive-year terms. He was first elected in 2004, according to a report of The Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/674738
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