Lucia Yar

Slovak politician (born 1970)

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Lucia Yar

MEP

Official portrait, 2024

Member of the European Parliament
for Slovakia

Incumbent

Assumed office
16 July 2024
Personal details
Born|

Lucia Mrázová

(1987-05-15) 15 May 1987 (age 38)
Snina, Czechoslovakia
Political party| Progressive Slovakia
Other political
affiliations| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
Alma mater| Comenius University
Website| luciayar.eu

Lucia Yar (born Mrázová; born 1987, Snina)[1][2] is a Slovak political analyst, expert on the European Union and international security, former journalist, and university lecturer.[3][4]

In the European Parliament elections of June 2024, she was elected as a member of the European Parliament as an independent expert for Progressive Slovakia.[5]

## Early life

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She was born in Snina and has Rusyn and Goral roots.[6] She studied at the Snina Gymnasium,[7] where she co-founded a school student council, which later became a city student council.

In 2009, she obtained a bachelor's degree from the Department of Journalism at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava (FiF UK).[2] She continued her master's studies in European studies at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of Comenius University (FSEV UK), graduating in 2011 with honors and the rector's award.[2][8]

She completed study programs in international security and European integration at Ghent University and the University of Helsinki.

In 2014, she defended her rigorous thesis on the activities of the European External Action Service at FSEV UK.[2]

After her studies, she worked at the European Commission's Directorate for Enterprise and Industry.[9]

Since 2013, while based in Istanbul, Turkey, she started writing a popular blog,[10] which won her third place in the Blogger of the Year awards in 2014.[11]

Under the supervision of Associate Professor Oľga Gyrfášová, she pursued a doctoral program in political science at FSEV UK from 2019 to 2021. Her research focused on women's representation in semi-authoritarian regimes, using Turkey as a case study.[12]

From 2015 to 2017, she served as an advisor to the State Secretary at the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic.[6] From 2016 to 2019, she collaborated and lectured externally for the European Security and Defence College. In 2017 and 2023, she was an external lecturer at FSEV UK.[6]

Since 2017, she served first as editor and later as editor-in-chief of Euractiv Slovakia, a portal on the European Union. Her work focused mainly on EU foreign and security policy,[13] transatlantic security,[14] the EU joint digital market,[15] and later on equality and women's representation.[16] As a political analyst, she collaborated on various national and international projects, supported by organizations like NATO, the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, the European Parliament, and the European Commission.[17] She also moderated and participated as an analyst in nearly a hundred expert panels focused on EU policies. As a commentator, she collaborated with RTVS,[15] TA3,[16] TV JOJ,[18] Denník N,[19] SME,[20] and other media, especially in Slovakia.

In 2019, she was one of four nominees in the commentary category for Slovakia's most prestigious journalism award, the Journalism Award.[21] The editorial team of EURACTIV Slovakia was nominated for the Journalism Award in the Global academy in 2021.[22] In 2023, the Iniciatíva Inakosť nominated the editorial team for the Diversity Award in the Media category.[23] She left the editorial team in February 2024.[24]

Before the 2023 Slovak parliamentary elections, she volunteered to lead the media part of the "Circle a Woman" campaign,[25] which garnered broad societal support, including that of President Zuzana Čaputová.[26]

In March 2024, Progressive Slovakia invited her as an expert to join their candidate list for the European elections. She ran in sixth position.[27][28]

She is married.[6]

## Political career

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During the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election campaign, Yar led a campaign Circle a woman, advocating for increasing the female representation in the National Council of Slovakia through preferential votes for female candidates.[29]

From 2017 until announcing her candidacy in the 2024 European Parliament elections, she worked as a journalist in the Slovak version of Euractiv.[30]

In June 2024 she has been elected as a member of the European Parliament for Progressive Slovakia.

## Publications

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* Yar, L. (2020). Kurdish Female Fighters in Syria during and after the Fight Against Isis: Emancipation as a Fundamental Motive for the Struggle in Northeast Syria. Defence & Strategy, 20(2):19-40. DOI: 10.3849/1802-7199.20.2020.02.019 – 040. Dec 18, 2020[31]
* Yar, L. (2020). Turkey in Crisis: Divergent Foreign Policy as a Cover-up for the Economic Crisis. In Kiner, A. et. at. (Ed.) International Relations 2020: Current Issues of World Economy and Politics. (pp. 744 – 752). Bratislava: Publishing Ekonóm. Dec 4, 2020[32]
* Yar, L. (2016). Turkey in 2015: How Elections, Kurds and Neighbouring Conflict Shaped Turkey’s Security. In Bátor, P. & Ondrejcsák, R. (Ed.) Panorama of global security environment 2015 – 2016 (pp. 273 – 275). Bratislava: Stratpol.[33]

## References

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1. ^ "PhDr. Lucia YAR - Obrana a strategie". www.obranaastrategie.cz. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
2. ^ a b c d Yar, Lucia. "Comenius University - Graduates".
3. ^ "Databáze expertek Lucia Yar". February 6, 2024. Archived from the original on February 6, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
4. ^ "Lucia Yar". Prague European Summit 2024 (in Czech). Retrieved October 27, 2024.
5. ^ "Výsledky volieb, Ministerstvo vnútra SR - Verejná správa". www.minv.sk. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
6. ^ a b c d "O Lucii - Lucia Yar" (in Slovak). March 6, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
7. ^ "Gymnázium Snina - Vitajte..." www.gymsnina.sk. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
8. ^ "Výročná správa o činnosti Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave za rok 2011" [Annual report on the activities of Comenius University in Bratislava for 2011] (PDF) (in Slovak). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-30.
9. ^ "European Stagiaires Journal: About Us". European Stagiaires Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
10. ^ "Výber SME". blog.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved October 27, 2024.
11. ^ "Na Slovensku odštartovala celonárodná súťaž Bloger Roka 2014". IT News (in Slovak). 2015-03-05. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
12. ^ "Obhajoby dizertačných prác". fses.uniba.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved October 27, 2024.
13. ^ "Európa zatiaľ nevymyslela, čo s jej bojovníkmi ISIS. Turci držia eso v rukáve (rozhovor)". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 2019-11-13. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
14. ^ "Štúdio TA3: Analytička L. Yar o stave armád štátov EÚ". ta3 (in Slovak). 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
15. ^ a b "K veci: Umelá inteligencia a jej regulácia v EÚ". rtvs.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved October 27, 2024.
16. ^ a b Žien v parlamente máme stále málo. Hostkou relácie Téma bola Lucia Yar. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2024-10-27 – via YouTube.
17. ^ "Projects". www.europolicy.sk. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
18. ^ "Analytička na Blízky východ a seizmológ v Štúdiu JOJ 24 o zemetrasení". joj24.noviny.sk (in Slovak). 2022-12-03. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
19. ^ "Lucia Yar". Denník N (in Slovak). 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
20. ^ "Francúzsky plán pre EÚ? Obrana ako priorita, inovácie a budovanie síl rýchleho... - Video SME". video.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved October 27, 2024.
21. ^ "Nominácie za rok 2019". Novinárska cena (in Slovak). 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
22. ^ "Novinárska cena 2021 predstavuje nominácie". Novinárska cena (in Slovak). 2022-05-11. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
23. ^ Findrová, Nataša Jurčová (2023-11-30). "Nominácie na Ceny Inakosti 2023". Iniciatíva Inakosť (in Slovak). Retrieved October 27, 2024.
24. ^ "Lucia Yar, Marcinková aj ministerka Šimkovičová. Toto sú ženy, ktoré sa rozhodli uchádzať o tvoje hlasy v eurovoľbách". brainee.sk. 27 March 2024.
25. ^ "Krúžkujte vo voľbách ženy, nabádajú. Očakávame kritiku, no aj veda je na našej strane, hovorí Lucia Yar (podcast)". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
26. ^ Yar, Lucia (2023-09-07). "Lucia Yar: Slovensko je v parlamentním zastoupení žen na chvostu Evropské unie". Deník Referendum (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-10-27.
27. ^ "Za PS bude v eurovoľbách kandidovať aj Martin Poliačik". Denník N (in Slovak). 2024-03-06. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
28. ^ "Zoznam zaregistrovaných kandidátov" [List of registered candidates] (PDF) (in Slovak). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-04-06.
29. ^ "Krúžkujte vo voľbách ženy, nabádajú. Očakávame kritiku, no aj veda je na našej strane, hovorí Lucia Yar (podcast)". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
30. ^ "Zmena vo vedení redakcie Euractiv Slovensko". Euractiv (in Slovak). 1 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
31. ^ "Kurdish Female Fighters in Syria During and After the Fight Against Isis". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
32. ^ "International Relations 2020: Current Issues of World Economy and Politics". www.portalvs.sk. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
33. ^ Yar, Lucia (2016). "Turkey in 2015: How Elections, Kurds and Neighbouring Conflict Shaped Turkey's Security". Research Gate.

## External links

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* Lucia Yar on the Progressive Slovakia website
* Lucia Yar on Twitteri (X)
* Lucia Yar – on Euractiv.sk
* Lucia Yar – on Denník N