Erika Jurinová

Erika Jurinová (born 31 August 1971) is a Slovak teacher and politician. In 2010–2018, she was a member of the National Council. Since 2017, she has served as the Governor of the Žilina Region. She is the first, and as of 2022 only, female regional governor in Slovakia.[1]

Erika Jurinová
Member of the National Council
In office
8 July 2010 – 5 January 2018
Personal details
Born (1971-08-31) 31 August 1971
Nižná, Czechoslovakia
Political partyOrdinary People and Independent Personalities
SpousePavol Jurina
Children3
EducationTechnical University of Liberec
OccupationPolitician, teacher

Early life

Jurinová studied clothing design at the Technical University of Liberec, graduating in 1994. After graduation, until 2002, she worked as a teacher at the United School in Námestovo. In 2007, she became the chief editor of a regional advertisement newspaper owned by her future political ally Igor Matovič.[2]

Political career

National Council

In the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election Jurinová was elected on the Freedom and Solidarity. In 2010, she became the founding member of the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities party. She was reelected to the parliament in 2012 and 2016. In 2018 she resigned her seat to be able to focus on her duties as the Regional Governor.[3]

Žilina region governor

In 2017 Jurinová became the governor by defeating the incumbent Juraj Blanár by 14 percentage points.[1] In 2022, she comfortably retained her seat.[4]

Personal life

Jurinová is married and has three daughters.[5]

Honours and awards

Servare et Manere:

References
  1. Prušová, Veronika (2017-11-05). "To, že som žena, pre voličov na Orave nebol problém, hovorí historicky prvá županka". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  2. "Životopis predsedníčky ŽSK". zilinskazupa.sk.
  3. "Jurinová a Viskupič sa vzdali poslaneckých mandátov". www.trend.sk (in Slovak). 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  4. Folentová, Veronika (2022-10-30). "Županka Jurinová: Bála som sa, ľudia mi v kampani vyčítali, že som z OĽaNO". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  5. https://www.zilinskazupa.sk/sk/samosprava/predsednicka-erika-jurinova/predsednicka-zsk-ing-erika-jurinova-2.html. Retrieved 7 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. Servare et Manere (2022-10-27). "The President of Žilina Region received the Tree of Peace Memorial Medal". Tree of peace / Strom pokoja. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
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