Veronika Remišová

Slovak politician (born 1976)

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Veronika Remišová

Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
In office
1 July 2020 – 15 May 2023

Serving with Eduard Heger, Richard Sulík, Igor Matovič and Štefan Holý

Prime Minister| Igor Matovič
Eduard Heger
Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization
In office
1 July 2020 – 15 May 2023
Prime Minister| Igor Matovič
Eduard Heger
Preceded by| Office established
Succeeded by| Peter Balík
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
for Investment and Informatization
In office
21 March 2020 – 1 July 2020
Prime Minister| Igor Matovič
Preceded by| Richard Raši
Succeeded by| Office 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 by| Andrej Kiska
Personal details
Born|

Veronika Belošovičová

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

Veronika Remišová (born 31 May 1976) is a Slovak politician who serves as the current Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic and the 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]

## 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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* Roman Mikulec (Interior)
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* Veronika Remišová (Regions)
* Vladimír Lengvarský (Health)
* Ján Mičovský/Samuel Vlčan (Agriculture)
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