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Tomáš Drucker

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Tomáš Drucker
Drucker in 2024
Minister of Education, Research, Development and Youth
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 October 2023
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byDaniel Bútora
Minister of Interior
In office
22 March 2018 – 17 April 2018
Prime MinisterPeter Pellegrini
Preceded byRobert Kaliňák
Succeeded byPeter Pellegrini (acting)
Minister of Health
In office
23 March 2016 – 22 March 2018
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byViliam Čislák
Succeeded byAndrea Kalavská
Personal details
Born (1978-07-20) 20 July 1978 (age 46)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Political partyVoice – Social Democracy (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (2016–2019)
Good Choice (2019–2023)
Children2
EducationSlovak University of Technology in Bratislava
University of Trnava
London Business School

Tomáš Drucker (born 20 July 1978) is a Slovak manager and politician who serves as the Minister of Education. From 2016 to 2018, he served as the Minister of Health and subsequently the Minister of Interior Affairs for less than a month in March and April 2018. He is a graduate of the London Business School's Sloan program.

Early life

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Drucker studied computer science at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and law at the University of Trnava.[1] In 2023, he obtained the Sloan Master in Management and Leadership (MSc Sloan) from the London Business School.[2]

Business career

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Between 1997 and 2012, Drucker worked in the private sector in management positions while having served on boards of various public enterprises from 2006.[3][4]

In 2012, Drucker became the CEO of Slovenská pošta, a state-run mail service giant, which he managed to make profitable while avoiding large-scale layoffs.[5] Drucker made a fundamental impact on the positive management whilst creating new areas of provided services.[6]

In 2016, Drucker received the Forbes magazine and consulting firm PwC award "The Most Respected CEO 2016".[7]

Political career

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As Minister of Health, Drucker focused on digitalization of the Slovak healthcare system.[8] In the first six months, he filed seven criminal reports, canceled contracts for approximately 18 million euros[9] and the delivery of the insured's smart card information system.[10] Later, Drucker summarized his work in TA3 as follows: "We implement changes in the field of hospital management, which means that there is a standard collective body today."[11]

Following the Murder of Ján Kuciak, Drucker was tasked to restore the credibility of the interior affairs ministry. Nonetheless, he resigned after less than a month arguing he did not see himself as an authentic unifying figure that is needed to do the job.[12]

In August 2019, Drucker announced formation of a new party Good Choice and became its leader.[13] The party received 3.06% in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, well short of the 5% representation threshold but just enough to pass the 3% threshold, making political parties eligible for public funding. He resigned as a party leader in 2022 to focus on obtaining the Master of Science in Leadership and Strategy degree (MSc Sloan) in London.[14] Drucker ran on the Voice list in the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election and subsequently became the minister of education.[2]

At the end of October 2023, he became the Minister of Education, Research, Development, and Youth of Slovakia. He continued the work of his predecessors by advancing the new curricular reform for elementary schools. He introduced a program of changes encompassing 40 projects, including changes in kindergarten funding, secondary school reform, university funding, desegregation, and inclusion. His key priority was to support the mental health of children and teachers. In 2024, he implemented the so-called compensatory allowances for teachers, which caused discontent among some educators.

In autumn 2024, he introduced a reform package titled The Velvet Revolution in Education,[15] which included shifting kindergarten funding from municipalities to the state, implementing a new system for lifelong learning, banning mobile phones in elementary schools,[16] and introducing reforms in desegregation, mental health, education for foreigners, debureaucratization, and secondary school optimization. The reforms received support from both the ruling coalition and the opposition.[17]

Personal life

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Drucker is married with two children.[2] Matúš Šutaj Eštok described Drucker as a conservative and a practicing Roman Catholic.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "SITA.sk - správy a aktuality". SITA.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Na čelo rezortu školstva sa postavil Tomáš Drucker". minedu.vs5.aglo.eu (in Slovak). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Toto sú ministri vlády Fico III". Denník N (in Slovak). 17 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Pozrite si životopisy ministrov a premiéra Fica". SITA.sk (in Slovak). 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Pošta prepúšťať neplánuje, pracovníkov ubúda mierne" (in Slovak). Ekonomika SME. 7 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Slovenská Pošta" (PDF). Slovenská pošta, a.s. (in Slovak). 25 November 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Generálni riaditelia slovenských firiem si zvolili v "Slovenskom CEO prieskumu 2016" spoločnosti PwC a Forbes Najrešpektovanejšieho CEO". PwC. 11 April 2016. Archived from the original on 13 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Systém DRG by mohol byť podľa Druckera od roku 2017". SITA (in Slovak). 1 April 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  9. ^ Čunderlíková, Jana (19 January 2017). "Bývalé firmy tety Anky prišli o zmluvy so štátnou poisťovňou". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Bratislava: Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Minister zdravotníctva Drucker je so svojimi krokmi v rezorte spokojný". Noviny (in Slovak). 12 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Drucker: V transparentnosti zdravotníctva sme urobili veľa". Pravda (in Slovak). 9 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  12. ^ Kapitán, Peter; Praus, Lucia. "Drucker ako minister vnútra skončil, opozícia vidí riešenie v predčasných voľbách". SME (in Slovak). Bratislava: Petit Press. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Tomáš Drucker definitívne zakladá stranu". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 14 August 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Drucker končí ako šéf Dobrej voľby: Volá po spájaní, strana má čoskoro predstaviť spoluprácu". Noviny (in Slovak). 21 December 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  15. ^ a.s, Petit Press. "Banning mobile phones and inclusion. A velvet revolution is coming to education". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  16. ^ "What will the mobile phone ban look like in practice?". spravy.rtvs.sk. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  17. ^ "Voting by clubs - National Council of the Slovak Republic". www.nrsr.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  18. ^ "Dopoludnie na InfoVojne s Adrianom 21.10.2024". InfoVojna. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
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