Zsolt Simon (born 26 August 1970) is a Slovak politician. He served as the Minister of Agriculture from 2002 to 2006 and again from 2010 to 2012. From 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2020 he was a Member of the National Council.
Zsolt Simon | |
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.jpg) Simon in 2012 | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | |
| In office 16 October 2002 – 4 July 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Mikuláš Dzurinda |
| Preceded by | Pavol Koncoš |
| Succeeded by | Miroslav Jureňa |
| In office 9 July 2010 – 4 April 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Iveta Radičová |
| Preceded by | Vladimír Chovan |
| Succeeded by | Ľubomír Jahnátek |
| Member of the National Council | |
| In office 4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010 | |
| In office 4 April 2012 – 20 March 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 26, 1970 Rimavská Sobota, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Party of the Hungarian Coalition (1999-2009) Most–Híd(2009-2016) Hungarian Forum(2019-) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Mendel University Brno |
Early life
editSimon was born in Rimavská Sobota. He is of Hungarian nationality. He studied agriculture at the Mendel University, graduating in 1993. Following graduation, he ran a farm and worked as a manager in Agriculture. In 1999, he joined the Party of the Hungarian Coalition.[1]
Political career
editFollowing the 2002 Slovak parliamentary election, Simon won a mandate, which he did not take due to becoming a Minister of Agriculture in the Dzurinda's Second Cabinet.[2] He was elected a Deputy again in the 2006 Slovak parliamentary election. While serving as an opposition MP, he left the Party of the Hungarian Coalition to co-found the Most–Híd party.[3] He was again elected in the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election, following which he again served as an Agriculture minister in the Radičová's Cabinet.[4] From 2012 to 2020 he was an opposition MP. Following the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election, he left the Most-Híd party due to his opposition to a coalition agreement with Direction – Slovak Social Democracy. In 2019 he established a new party Hungarian Forum, which failed to pass the representation threshold in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election.[5]
Personal life
editSimon is married and has two sons.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Zsolt Simon: Fico zničí Bugára aj Danka, Kaliňák vie na každého niečo". Denník N. 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Vláda SR od 16. 10. 2002 do 04. 07. 2006 | Úrad vlády SR". www.vlada.gov.sk. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Most povedie Bugár". www.noviny.sk (in Slovak). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Vláda SR od 09. 07. 2010 do 04.04.2012 | Úrad vlády SR". www.vlada.gov.sk. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Zsolt Simon zakladá novú stranu: Chceme alternatívu pre Maďarov" (in Slovak). Hospodárske noviny. 2019.
- ^ "ŽIVOTOPIS: Zsolt Simon". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 June 2023.