Ján Podmanický

Ján Podmanický
Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2006
Personal details
Born (1977-05-17) 17 May 1977 (age 47)
Stará Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
Political partyDirection – Social Democracy
Other political
affiliations		Life – National Party (2021–2022)
Children3
EducationComenius University
Catholic University in Ružomberok

Ján Podmanický (born 17 May 1977) is a Slovak politician. He has served as a member of the National Council and Mayor of Stará Bystrica, respectively since 2003 and 2006.[1]

Biography

Podmanický studied Theology and Law at the Comenius University. He has three children.[2]

Political career

Podmanický has been a member of the Smer-SD party and the mayor of Stará Bystrica since 2002. He was first elected in the parliamentary election of the same year for the coalition HZD, HZDS, P-SNS, SNS, and Smer.[3] Since 2006, Podmanický has been member of the National Council of Slovakia for Smer[4] and became an independent politician from May 2020.[5] He joined fellow MPs Marián Kéry and Tomáš Taraba to establish a Conservative Platform. Podmanický subsequently left Direction – Slovak Social Democracy, which he has been a member of since the beginning of his political career and became an independent politician. He justified his departure by his unwillingness to accept the leftward shift of the party ideology.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Poslanec Smeru šéfuje obci, ktorá nemá ani web" (in Slovak). Transparency international. 8 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Foto Záber, ktorý hovorí za všetko. Smerácky poslanec ukázal, čo má doma". Plus jeden deň (in Slovak). 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Zoznam politických strán". volby.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  4. ^ "JUDr. PhDr. Ján Podmanický, PhD". National Council of Slovakia (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  5. ^ Mikušovič, Dušan (19 May 2020). "Podmanický po kritike od Pellegriniho za pakt s kuffovcami odchádza zo Smeru". Denník N (in Slovak). Bratislava: N Press. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  6. ^ Hutko, Dominik (19 May 2020). "Smer sa konzervatívcov radšej zbaví, Podmanický odchádza sám". Pravda (in Slovak). Retrieved 28 October 2022.