Speakers

BIOGRAPHY

Year of birth: 1971

Nationality: Slovak 

Status: married 

Children: three 

Residence: Nižná na Orave

EDUCATION

1993 – 1994 – University of Mechanical and Textile Engineering in Liberec, Czech Republic, pedagogical study

1989 - 1994 - University of Mechanical and Textile Engineering in Liberec, Czech Republic, field of study: textile materials and clothing technologies

1985 - 1989 - Secondary School of Fashion in Trenčín

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

4th December 2017 – present – President of the Žilina Self-Governing Region

2016 - 2017 - member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Chairwoman of the NC SR Human Rights and Ethnic Minorities Committee – she gave up her mandate following the regional election as of 31st December 2017

2012 - 2016 – Deputy Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for the OĽaNO political party, member of the NC SR Committee on Social Affairs

2010 - 2012 – member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic

2003 - 2010 - head of editorial staff, regionPRESS Ltd.

1994 - 2002 - teacher at Secondary Vocational School in Námestovo

MISCELLANEOUS

Member of OĽaNO political party since 2012.

n 2010, 2012 and 2016 parliamentary election, she managed to get from 149th place to the leading positions on the candidate list. 

Since 2010, she has been actively involved in the social affairs and care for socially disadvantaged groups and disabled.

Intermediate speaker of English, Russian and Polish languages.

Hobbies: hiking, travelling, down and cross-country skiing.

Participates in the sessions: