Juraj Draxler

Slovak politician

Juraj Draxler

Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport
In office 25 November 2014 – 23 March 2016
Prime Minister	Robert Fico
Preceded by	Peter Pellegrini
Succeeded by	Peter Plavčan

Personal details
Born	(1975-12-13) 13 December 1975 (age 48) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia(now Slovakia)
Children	1
Education	Jacobs University Bremen University of York

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]

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

^ "Minister školstva Juraj Draxler zatiaľ do strany Smer-SD nevstupuje". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). 13 October 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Osobný profil Juraj Draxler". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ "Juraj Draxler sa ujal funkcie štátneho tajomníka". minedu.vs5.aglo.eu (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ "Prezident prijal demisiu Pellegriniho a vymenoval nového ministra školstva Draxlera". 25 November 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ "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.
^ "FOTO Exminister Draxler je poriadny tajnostkár: Neuveríte, čoho sa dočkal v lete!". www1.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 21 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ "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.