Juraj Soboňa (3 June 1961 – 27 June 2025) was a Slovak politician who was the mayor of the village of

Solčany Solčany () is a municipality in the Topoľčany District of the Nitra Region, Slovakia. Solčany Village is the center of the municipality. In 2011 it had 2467 inhabitants. It has good shopping networks, small health centers, sport clubs and sport ...

for over 25 years. From 2018 to

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, he was a Member of Parliament of the

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Life and career

Juraj Soboňa was born on 3 June 1961. He was educated at an agricultural school in

Nitra Nitra (; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra (river), Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of ...

and studied at the Agricultural University of Plovdiv. From January 1999 until his death, he was the major of the village of Solčany, reelected seven times. He was also the chair of the local football club. From 2018 to 2020, he was a National Council MP for the

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. He became an MP as a replacement for Jaroslav Ridoško. In 2019, the Aktualne.sk website revealed that a staffer working for Soboňa was previously involved in criminal activities. After publication of the findings, Soboňa fired his aide. Soboňa died after a long illness on 27 June 2025, at the age of 64.

References

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