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Veronika Remišová

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Veronika Remišová
Remišová in 2021
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
In office
1 July 2020 – 15 May 2023
Prime MinisterIgor Matovič
Eduard Heger
Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization
In office
1 July 2020 – 15 May 2023
Prime MinisterIgor Matovič
Eduard Heger
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPeter Balík
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
for Investment and Informatization
In office
21 March 2020 – 1 July 2020
Prime MinisterIgor Matovič
Preceded byRichard Raši
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 May 2023
In office
23 March 2016 – 21 March 2020
Chair of For the People
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 August 2020
Preceded byAndrej Kiska
Personal details
Born
Veronika Belošovičová

(1976-05-31) 31 May 1976 (age 48)
Žilina, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partyOrdinary People and Independent Personalities (2016–2019)
For the People
(2019–present)
Alma materAcademy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (Mgr. art.)
Sorbonne University (M.A.)

Veronika Remišová (born 31 May 1976) is a Slovak politician who previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic and Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic.[1] In 2016, she stood for the National Council as a member of Ordinary People. In 2019, Remišová left the party and joined Andrej Kiska's For the People.[2] In the 2023 parliamentary election she ran and was elected on the ticket of the OĽaNO and Friends as leader of the For the People party to the National Council.

Early life and education

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Remišová graduated from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, receiving DEA diploma.[3] She also received a Certificate in Coaching from the University of Cambridge.[4] Remišová worked at the translation department of the European Commission in Luxembourg, managing the European program for youth and education policies.[5]

Political career

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In the 2014 Slovak municipal elections, Remišová received 507 votes as a member of OĽaNO.[6] She later became a candidate 2014 European Parliament election, but was not elected to the European Parliament.[7]

In the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Remišová was appointed as the leader of the OĽANO candidate.[8] She finished third place after receiving 71,618 preferential votes behind Igor Matovič and Daniel Lipšic.[9]

In the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, Remišová ran in second place as a For the People candidate, receiving 81,395 votes and maintaining second place in the party.[10] She was perceived as Kiska's successor.[11] After the elections, Remišová stated: "I want the vision that Kiska set to live on, so we will be a modern European center party. There is no such central alternative on the political scene, we are the only such alternative."[12]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Deputy Prime Minister". vicepremier.gov.sk. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. ^ Hloušek, Vít (21 April 2020). The Rise of Entrepreneurial Parties in European Politics. Springer Nature. pp. 112–113. ISBN 978-3-030-41916-5.
  3. ^ "Mgr. art. M.A. et M.A. Veronika Remišová, ArtD". OĽaNO (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Veronika Remišová". Itapa (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Kto som a čo robím". Veronika Remišová Official Website (in Slovak). 6 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Miestne zastupiteľstvo, Miestna rada a komisie samosprávy". staremesto.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Výsledky prednostného hlasovania". volby.sk (in Slovak). 6 January 2018.
  8. ^ Kern, Miro (8 December 2015). "Jednotka Matovičovej kandidátky: Ficov účet v Belize by som na blog nedala". Denník N (in Slovak). Bratislava: N Press. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Zmenené poradie kandidátov po zohľadnení prednostného hlasovania" (in Slovak). Slovak Statistical Office. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Zmenené poradie kandidátov po zohľadnení prednostného hlasovania" (in Slovak). Slovak Statistical Office. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016.
  11. ^ Mikušovič, Dušan (5 August 2020). "Remišová si ide v súboji o predsedu Za ľudí po víťazstvo, no Kollára podporili známe tváre strany aj so Žitňanskou". Denník N (in Slovak). Bratislava: N Press. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  12. ^ Onuferová, Marina (8 August 2020). "Remišová je novou predsedníčkou Za ľudí, Kiska v politike končí". Denník N (in Slovak). Bratislava: N Press. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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