Edita Angyalová (born 8 August 1979 in

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

) is a Slovak entrepreneur, manager with 20+years of experience, and an ex-politician, former MP of the National Council.

Political career

In 2002, she was elected to parliament on the

Direction – Slovak Social Democracy Direction – Slovak Social Democracy ( sk, Smer – slovenská sociálna demokracia, SMER–SSD), formerly and legally called Direction – Social Democracy ( sk, Smer – sociálna demokracia, SMER–SD), is a left-wing populist political part ...

list at the age of 23 after winning an essay competition organized by the party while still studying Business at the

University of Economics in Bratislava The University of Economics in Bratislava ( sk, Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave) is the oldest university of economics in Slovakia. History The university was established in 1940 as a private university under the name Vysoká obchodná škol ...

along with another winner Róbert Madej. She was not reelected in the

2006 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 17 June 2006. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1747 Direction – Social Democracy emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 50 of the 15 ...

, but gained a mandate as a replacement for

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, who gave up his mandate to serve as the Minister of Culture. On 30 April 2007, she gave up her mandate and left politics to pursue a career in the private sector. In 2012, she became the first female Slovak (ex-) politician to

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as gay, admitting negative spotlight on her personal life also added to her decision to quit politics.

References

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