Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico’s personal assistant, Maria Troskova, is pretty much his right hand when it comes to the administrative burdens faced by a head of state. The 28-year-old has a number of assets that can be seen both on and off her CV and for this reason the Slovakian PM chose her to keep him abreast of the political situation. It was her academic credentials in management that got her the job, but before being hired as the PM’s PA she worked as a glamorous model.

Apart from posing for a truckers’ calendar she has also appeared in a number of magazines and, always patriotic, she represented her country in the Miss Universe competition in 2010.