Ondrej Dostál

Ondrej Dostál (born 5 April 1971 in Bratislava)[1] is a Slovak politician and former journalist, currently serving as member of the National Council in the caucus of Freedom and Solidarity and the chairman of the Civic Conservative Party.

Ondrej Dostál
Member of the National Council
Assumed office
23 March 2016
In office
8 July 2010 – 4 April 2012
Personal details
Born (1971-04-05) 5 April 1971
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partyCivic Conservative Party
Democratic Party
EducationComenius University

Early life

Dostál studied Philosophy and Sociology at the Comenius University, graduating in 1997.[1] As a student he worked as a journalist for the Sme newspaper. In late 2000s, Dostál later studied law at a Comenius University campus in Galanta, which was accused of allowing paying students to avoid university admission process and not having proper accreditation.[2] He eventually graduated in 2013.[3]

    Political career

    Until 2001,Dostál was a member of the Democratic Party. In 2001, he co-founded the Civic Conservative Party. Since 2012, he has been the chairman of the party. Dostál has been active in regional and Bratislava city politics in 2002-2022.[4]

    In 2010, Dostál was elected to the National Council of the list of Most–Híd party. In 2016 and again in 2020, he was elected on the list of Freedom and Solidarity party.[5] Between March and October 2022, he served as a State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice.[6]

    References
    1. Aktuality.sk. "Osobný profil Ondrej Dostál". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
    2. Glovičko, Ján. "Študent práva Dostál: Pre Kaskády neodídem". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
    3. "Osoby, ktoré získali titul na UK". absolventi.uniba.sk. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
    4. "Tváre OKS". OKS (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
    5. "Ondrej Dostál - Poslanec NR SR - www.sme.sk". www.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
    6. "Dostál sa po odchode z rezortu spravodlivosti vráti do parlamentu: Náhradu namiesto mňa minister nemá, reaguje". plus.noviny.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
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