Silvia Gašparovičová

Silvia Gašparovičová "née Beníková" (born January 13, 1941 in Bratislava) is the current first lady of Slovakia, wife of Ivan Gašparovič.

Gašparovičová attended the Slovak Technical University from 1960 until 1965 where she studied civil engineering and also from 1971 to 1973 she studied economical law at Comenius University. She worked at the Ministry of Construction from 1971 until 1991.

In 1992 she appointed to a position of expert real estate appraiser at the Bratislava Municipal Court, which she did not hold for long. Before her husband, Ivan Gašparovič, was elected president of Slovakia, she was a private construction company's executive.

After she became first lady, she founded the Silvia Gašparovičová Foundation which focuses on education and health.