Andrej Danko

Andrej Danko
9th Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
Assumed office
23 March 2016
Preceded by Peter Pellegrini
Personal details
Born (1974-08-12) 12 August 1974
Revúca, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political party Slovak National Party
Alma mater Comenius University

Andrej Danko (born 12 August 1974) is a Slovak lawyer and politician. He has been Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic since 2016 and Chairman of the Slovak National Party since 2012.

Biography

Born in Revúca, Andrej Danko studied at the Faculty of Law at Comenius University in Bratislava.[1] After compulsory military service, he founded several commercial companies and worked as an independent lawyer.[1]

During 2006-2010, he was an assistant in the National Council of Slovakia and a member of several parliamentary commissions. He became the first vice-president of the Slovak National Party in 2010.

In 2012, he became the chairman of the party after getting support from many of the party's members, succeeding Ján Slota.[1]

On 23 March 2016 Danko was elected Speaker of the National Council.[2]

Danko is a fluent speaker of Russian and German.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Andrej Danko". Aktuality.sk. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. "Andrej Danko elected as new Slovak Parliament chairman". Xinhua. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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