World Bulletin / News Desk

Marian Kotleba, a right-wing extremist, has been elected as the governor of Banska Bystrica province in Slovakia, with 55.5% of the vote.

Having previously served as a leader of a banned neo-Nazi group, the Togetherness National Party, Kotleba is now the head of Slovakia’s ultra-nationalist Our Slovakia Party.

Kotleba is known for his hatred towards the Roma community and animosity towards NATO, which his party sees as a "terrorist" organization.

He has also been arrested in the past of racial discrimination and defamation.