Ladislav Kamenický (born 4 October 1970 ) is an MP of the

National Council of Slovakia The National Council of the Slovak Republic ( sk, Národná rada Slovenskej republiky, abbreviated to ''NR SR'') is the national parliament of Slovakia. It is unicameral and consists of 150 members, who are elected by universal suffrage under pr ...

for

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 ...

(Smer-SD). He served as the Minister of Finance for little over a year between 2019 and 2020. Ladislav Kamenický graduated from 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 ...

. In 2012 he became an MP of the

. As an MP, is seen as polite and staunchly loyal to the leadership of Smer-SD's Chairman and Kamenický's personal friend

Robert Fico Robert Fico (; born 15 September 1964) is a Slovak politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2018 (when he resigned). He has been the first leader of the Direction – Social Democracy (SMER-SD) p ...

. In 2019 he became the Minister of Finance, filling the seat emptied after the previous minister

Peter Kažimír Peter Kažimír (born 28 June 1968 in Košice, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia)) is a Slovak central banker and former politician, currently serving as the Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS). He previously served as the ...

became the Central Bank Governor. The choice of Kamenický was seen as a compromise between various factions of Smer-SD. After the defeat of SMER-SD in the

2020 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 29 February 2020 to elect all 150 members of the National Council. The anti-corruption list led by Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO) movement emerged as the largest parliame ...

, Kamenický returned to the parliament. Kamenický is an art connoisseur.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamenický, Ladislav Living people 1970 births Finance ministers of Slovakia Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2012-2016 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016-2020 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2020-present Direction – Social Democracy politicians Prime Ministers of Slovakia University of Economics in Bratislava alumni