Augustín Hambálek (born 16 July 1957) is a Slovak 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 ...

from 2012 to 2020 and again since 2021.

Biography

Augustín Hambálek was born on 16 July 1957 in

Trnava Trnava (, , ; , also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, to the northeast of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of the Trnava Region and the Trnava District. It is the seat o ...

. He studied management at the

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU) () is the biggest and oldest university of technology in Slovakia. In the 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities it was ranked in the first 150 in Computer Science, the only university in ...

, graduating in 1981. Afterwards, he worked as an economist for city council in Trnava. In 2002 he was elected a Deputy Governor of the

Trnava Region The Trnava Region (, ; ; ) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It was established in 1996, before which date, most of its districts were parts of Bratislava Region which was established on the founding of Czechoslovakia in 1923. ...

. In the

2012 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 10 March 2012 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The elections followed the fall of Prime Minister Iveta Radičová's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party-led ...

, Hambálek was elected MP on the list of

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but refused to give up his position as the Deputy Governor of the Trnava Region. In addition to holding multiple public offices at the same time, another MP

Miroslav Beblavý Miroslav Beblavý (born 6 January 1977 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak investor, startup founder, economist, author and former politician. He is currently CEO oCB ESPRI an impact investment fund, CEO oZhiva a behavioral health startup, ...

accused Hambálek of not disclosing his business interests and property holdings in full. Over his tenure as an MP, he has been among the least active members of the National Council. Nonetheless, he is among the longest serving MPs. In

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� ...

, he returned to the National Council as a replacement for the deceased MP Ľubomír Petrák.

References

1957 births Living people Politicians from Trnava Direction – Social Democracy politicians Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2012–2016 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016–2020 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2020–2023 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2023–2027 Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava alumni {{Slovakia-politician-stub