Ján Podmanický

Slovak politician

Ján Podmanický

Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2006

Personal details
Born	(1977-05-17) 17 May 1977 (age 46) Stará Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
Political party	Direction – Slovak Social Democracy
Children	3
Education	Comenius University Catholic University in Ružomberok

Ján Podmanický (born 17 May 1977) is a Slovak politician. He has served as a member of the National Council since 2006. He has also been the Mayor of his home village of Stará Bystrica since 2003.^[1] For most of his political career, he has been a member of the Direction – Slovak Social Democracy party.

In 2020 he joined fellow MPs Marián Kéry and Tomáš Taraba to establish a Conservative Platform. He subsequently left Direction – Slovak Social Democracy, which he has been a member of since the beginning of his political career and became an independent MP. Podmanický justified his departure by his unwillingness to accept the leftward shift of the party ideology.^[2]

Podmanický studied Theology and Law at the Comenius University. He has three children.^[3]

References

^ "Poslanec Smeru šéfuje obci, ktorá nemá ani web". Transparency international. 8 June 2018.
^ Hutko, Dominik (19 May 2020). "Smer sa konzervatívcov radšej zbaví, Podmanický odchádza sám". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "FOTO Záber, ktorý hovorí za všetko. Smerácky poslanec ukázal, čo má doma". www1.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 7 July 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2022.