Ondrej Dostál

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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 (age 53)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partyCivic Conservative Party
Democratic Party
EducationComenius University

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.

Early life[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b Aktuality.sk. "Osobný profil Ondrej Dostál". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. ^ Glovičko, Ján. "Študent práva Dostál: Pre Kaskády neodídem". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Osoby, ktoré získali titul na UK". absolventi.uniba.sk. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Tváre OKS". OKS (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Ondrej Dostál – Poslanec NR SR – www.sme.sk". www.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Dostál sa po odchode z rezortu spravodlivosti vráti do parlamentu: Náhradu namiesto mňa minister nemá, reaguje". plus.noviny.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 November 2022.