Martin Fedor is a member of Slovak National Council and he served as

Minister of Defence of Slovakia The Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic ( sk, Ministerstvo obrany Slovenskej republiky, MO SR) is the primary agency of the Slovak Republic responsible for the planning and carrying-out of defense policy. It is the direct successor of the ...

after the resignation:ICE: Insight Central Europe
/ref> of Juraj Liška because of a Slovak Air Force An-24 crash in 2006.

Early life

Martin Fedor was born on March 4, 1974, in

Považská Bystrica Považská Bystrica (; german: Waagbistritz; hu, Vágbeszterce) is a town in northwestern Slovakia. It is located on the Váh river, around 30 km from the city of Žilina. It belongs to Upper Váh region of tourism. Profile Považská B ...

. He studied international relations at

Comenius University in Bratislava Comenius University in Bratislava ( sk, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave) is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is name ...

from 1992 to 1997. After he received a master's degree in political sciences he continued with more educational activities and work for several privately held organizations. Martin Fedor is married.

Political career

Martin Fedor joined the

Slovak Democratic and Christian Union Slovak may refer to: * Something from, related to, or belonging to Slovakia (''Slovenská republika'') * Slovaks, a Western Slavic ethnic group * Slovak language, an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages * Slovak, Arka ...

in 2001 and he has been active in politics ever since. He was also a member of Slovak Democratic and Christian Union youth association - New Generation since 2001. * 1996 - 1998 - personal secretary to Mr. Dzurinda * 1998 - 2000 - head of office of the prime minister * 2000 - 2002 - director of international relations of

* 2002 - 2003 - work at Embassy in Ireland * 2003 - 2006 - deputy Minister of Defence of Slovakia * 2006 -

Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

of Slovakia * 2006 - ''present'' - member of Slovak National Council He left SDKÚ-DS in 2016 and joined

Radoslav Procházka Radoslav Procházka (born 31 March 1972) is a Slovak lawyer, former politician and former leader of the political party Sieť. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 2014 Slovak presidential election, running as an independent. As the leader of th ...

's #Network. After receiving only 5.6% in the

2016 Slovak parliamentary elections Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 5 March 2016 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The ruling left-wing populist Direction – Social Democracy (SMER–SD) party remained the strongest party, but lost its majority. Th ...

, and secret talks between Procházka and

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) ...

to join the coalition government led by SMER-SD, #Network started to fall apart, and after few months all the group's MPs had either become independent (going on to form the new party SPOLU) or joined another coalition party, Most-Híd. Fedor joined Most-Híd in 2016 and been a member since then.

Political party membership

* 2001 - 2014 -

* 2001 - 2014 - Slovak Democratic and Christian Union youth association - New Generation * 2015 - 2016 - #Network * 2016 - ''present'' -

Most–Híd Most–Híd (, ; from the Slovak and Hungarian words for "bridge") was an inter-ethnic political party in Slovakia. Its programme calls for greater cooperation between the country's Hungarian minority and ethnic Slovak majority. It was one of ...

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20061208065233/http://www.government.gov.sk/english/minister_mo.html * 1974 births Living people People from Považská Bystrica Defence Ministers of Slovakia Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party politicians Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2006-2010 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2010-2012 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2012-2016 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016-2020 {{Slovakia-politician-stub