Jozef Burian (21 September 1961 – 24 December 2021) was a Slovak politician. A member of

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 ...

, he served in the National Council from 2002 to 2020. He died on 24 December 2021, at the age of 60.

Political career

* 2002–2006: member of the National Council for SMER, deputy

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of the Committee on Social Affairs and Housing of the National Council of the Slovak Republic; * 2006–2010: Member of the National Council for SMER, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Budget and Currency of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and member of the Permanent Delegation of the National Council of the Slovak Republic to the Assembly of the Western European Union; * 2010–2012: Member of the National Council for SMER, Member of the Finance and Budget Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic; * 2012–2016: State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic; * 2016–2020: member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic elected from the SMER-SD party. Candidate for 38th place. He received 2,994 valid preferential votes. He was a member of the Committee on Incompatibility of Positions and the Committee on Social Affairs of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.

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