Slovak President ‘Rock Star’ Video Goes Viral

Jakarta Globe, AFP, Mar 29, 2015

Andrej Kiska, President of Slovakia, speaks during the general debate of the 69th
session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters
in New York, NY, USA, 25 September 2014. (EPA Photo/Andrew Gombert)

Bratislava. A video featuring Slovak President Andrej Kiska singing and playing the guitar with a rock band posted Friday on Facebook has gone viral, with over 100,000 views in just six hours.

The popular entrepreneur-turned-president joined the “Business Leaders” band at a recent charity event to perform the 1977 Slovak hit song “Usmev” (Smile) by local rock legends Modus.

The video shows the audience go wild as  52-year-old Kiska sings and strums the guitar to a high octane rock’n’roll beat, decked out in a business suit and red tie.

Known as a rock fan, he attended Slovakia’s largest music festival Pohoda last summer, shortly after he had taken over as president from Ivan Gasparovic, who at 73 preferred folk music featuring a local shepherd’s flute called a “fujara”.

As a youngster, Kiska used to work as an instructor at summer camps, “where he won girls’ hearts by playing the guitar,” according to the Slovakia’s Zivot (Life) weekly.

The multi-millionaire turned philanthropist came out of nowhere in March 2014 to be elected president of the eurozone member of 5.4 million people.

Analysts say he capitalized on his image as a political greenhorn untainted by the corruption allegations that had sunk Slovakia’s right in the 2012 general election and handed victory to the Social Democrats of Prime Minister Robert Fico.

The video of Kiska’s performance can be viewed here.

Agence France-Presse

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