Juraj Draxler

Juraj Draxler (born 13 December 1975 in Bratislava) is a Slovak Political Scientist and Politician. Between 2014 and 2016 he served as the Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sports of Slovakia as a nominee, but not a member, of the Direction – Slovak Social Democracy party.[1]

Juraj Draxler
Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport
In office
25 November 2014 – 23 March 2016
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byPeter Pellegrini
Succeeded byPeter Plavčan
Personal details
Born (1975-12-13) 13 December 1975
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia(now Slovakia)
Children1
Education

Early life

Draxler studied integrated social sciences at the Jacobs University Bremen and Political Science at University of York. He worked as a Reuters correspondent, Centre for European Policy Studies researcher and professor at the Anglo-American University and the University of New York in Prague.[2]

Political career
Juraj Draxler inspecting a programming class at a grammar school in Žilina

In 2014 he became advisor of the Minister of Education.[2] Between September and November 2014, he served as the State Secretary for Education under the Education Minister Peter Pellegrini.[3] After Pellegrini became the Speaker of the National Council (Slovakia), Draxler replaced him as a minister.[4] He did not return to government after the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election.[5]

Personal life

Following his terms as a minister, Draxler worked as a Head of the Institute of Strategic Analysis at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. In 2017, he announced birth of a daughter with his long term partner from Bulgaria.[6] In 2016, published a novel called Petra.[7]

References
  1. "Minister školstva Juraj Draxler zatiaľ do strany Smer-SD nevstupuje". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). 13 October 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  2. "Osobný profil Juraj Draxler". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. "Juraj Draxler sa ujal funkcie štátneho tajomníka". minedu.vs5.aglo.eu (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  4. "Prezident prijal demisiu Pellegriniho a vymenoval nového ministra školstva Draxlera". 25 November 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  5. "Exminister Draxler po odchode z parlamentu: Pracovné ponuky sa mu len tak hrnú". www1.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 21 May 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  6. "FOTO Exminister Draxler je poriadny tajnostkár: Neuveríte, čoho sa dočkal v lete!". www1.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 21 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. "Exminister školstva Juraj Draxler vydal politický triler. Prečítajte si úryvok z jeho novej knihy". Denník N (in Slovak). 27 May 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
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