Jana Laššáková ( Murcková; born 22 May 1952) is a Slovak politician and lawyer. In 2002–2017, she was a

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of the National Council. From 2017 to 2023 she has served as a Justice of the

Constitutional Court of Slovakia Building of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia in Košice The Constitutional Court of Slovakia (officially Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, sk, Ústavný súd Slovenskej republiky) is a special court established by the Constituti ...

Legal career

Laššáková was born in the village of in Plavnica. She studied law at the Comenius University, graduating in 1976. After graduation she worked as an in-house counsel for various companies as well as an attorney.

Political career

Laššáková served as the Chairwoman of 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 ...

in the

Banská Bystrica region The Banská Bystrica Region ( sk, Banskobystrický kraj, ; hu, Besztercebányai kerület, ) is one of the eight regions of Slovakia. It is the largest region by area, and has a lower population density than any other region. The Banská Bystric ...

since its founding. In 2002 she became a MP. In 2012, she became the Leader of the

caucus. In this position she gained notoriety for using thumb up/thumb down gestures to inform her fellow caucus members how they should vote. In 2017 she was chosen a Justice of the

by the parliament. The confirmation of her appointment by president Andrej Kiska got delayed as the president was unconvinced by the expertise of the parliament's choices and requested clarification from the

as to whether he is allowed not to confirm the candidates. Upon courts' ruling confirming the president has to confirm parliament's nominees, Laššáková was confirmed. Upon joining the Constitutional Court, she gave up all her political and party functions. On 5 September 2023, she retired from the Court.

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