Lucia Plaváková (born 9 March 1984) is a Slovak politician and lawyer. Since 2023 she has been an MP 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 ...

Biography

Lucia Plaváková was born on 9 March 1984 in

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. In 2007 she graduated in law from

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. She ran in the

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on the list of the

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, which narrowly failed to pass the representation threshold. In

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 ...

she succeeded and became an MP. Along with her fellow Progressive Slovakia MP

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, Plaváková is the third openly homosexual MP in Slovakia, after Edita Angyalová and

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. She is active in promoting LGBT rights in her legal and political career. Plaváková has one daughter.

References

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