Ľubomír Galko (; born 14 February 1968) is a

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politician. He has served as a Member of the

National Council of Slovakia The National Council of the Slovak Republic (, 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 proportional representation with seats dis ...

since 2023, having previously served as an MP from 2011 to 2020. Galko served as the Minister of Defence of Slovakia between 2010 and 2011.

Early life

Galko was born on 14 February 1968 in the village of Klieština in

Považská Bystrica District Považská Bystrica District (, ; ) is a district in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, ...

. He studied at the Mathematics and Physics Faculty of the

Comenius University in Bratislava Comenius University Bratislava () 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 named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century ...

from 1986 to 1991. Galko lives in Stupava, a town near Bratislava.

Political career

Galko was among the founders of the

Freedom and Solidarity Freedom and Solidarity (, SaS), also called Saska, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Slovakia. Established in 2009,. SaS was founded by economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system. It generally hol ...

(SaS) party, being one of the first vice-chairmen of the party. However, after an intra-party struggle in 2019, resulting in Galko losing his position on the party leadership, he left SaS for the Democratic Party. Despite this, Galko's new party was not successful, winning only 0.14% of votes 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 populist Ordinary People and Independent Personalities–NOVA–Christian Union–Change from Below (OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ� ...

. Galko left the Democratic Party and joined OĽaNO in 2023, where he regained his parliamentary seat in the

2023 Slovak parliamentary election Early parliamentary elections were held in the Slovakia, Slovak Republic on 30 September 2023 to elect members of the National Council (Slovakia), National Council. Regular elections were scheduled to be held in 2024. However, on 15 December 202 ...

. He left OĽaNO to join Democrats in 2024, becoming its sole MP.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Galko, Lubomir 1968 births Living people People from Považská Bystrica District Comenius University alumni Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2010-2012 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2012–2016 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016–2020 Defence ministers of Slovakia Freedom and Solidarity politicians Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2023–2027