Gábor Grendel (born 15 July 1980)Gábor Grendel. In: is a Slovak journalist and politician. Since 2016 he has served as a

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of the National Council. In addition, he has been a Deputy Speaker of the Council since 2020. Between 2017 and 2019, he was the Chairman of the NOVA party.

Early life

Grendel was born on 15 July 1980 in

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to an intellectual family of Hungarian ethnicity. His father,

Lajos Grendel Lajos Grendel (6 April 1948 – 18 December 2018) was a Hungarian writer who lived in Slovakia. He published chiefly in his native Hungarian language and was among the most prominent representatives of Hungarian literature in Slovakia. In h ...

, was a prominent writer and his mother, Ágota Grendel, a journalist. In 2003, he graduated in Journalism and Hungarian language at the

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Journalism career

Following his graduation, Grendel worked as a journalist for the

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daily, Twist radio as well as TA3 and

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TV Channels. In 2010, he became the spokesman for the Interior Affairs minister

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Political career

Grender was among the founders of the New Majority (NOVA) party headed by Lipšic. In the

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, NOVA ran in coalition with the

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(OĽaNO) movement. Grender was elected an MP. He retained his seat 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� ...

, once again on the joint list with OĽaNO. In 2017, he succeeded Lipšic as the Chairman of NOVA. He resigned in 2019 due to disagreements with other party leaders about strategic direction of the party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grendel, Gabor 1980 births Living people Politicians from Bratislava Hungarians in Slovakia OĽaNO politicians New Majority (Slovakia) politicians Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016–2020 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2020–2023 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2023–2027 Comenius University alumni