Milan Uhrík (born 21 December 1984) is a Slovak politician, MEP and the leader of the Republic Movement. A former

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, he is now a part of the ESN group in the

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. He is a former deputy of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for the

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(ĽSNS) and member of the Foreign Committee of the Slovak Republic.

Political career

In 2010, Uhrík ran for the position of local councillor in the municipality of Komjatice for the

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SDKÚ party. Uhrík was elected a

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for the

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ĽSNS party. He stayed until 2021, when he founded his own party, the far-right and

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. In the 2016 Slovak parliamentary elections, Uhrík received 10,568 votes after being elected as a member of the NRSR and received 10,568 preferential votes, finishing fifth place out of 14 elected members for the nationalist party ĽSNS. On 7 August 2017, Uhrík announced that he would run for the post of chairman of the Nitra self-governing region. Uhrík was elected as a deputy of the Nitra self-governing region for electoral district No. 3. Apart from

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, he is the only regional deputy elected for his party. In the 2019 European Parliament elections, Uhrík was elected as a member of the European Parliament for the ĽSNS party. He circled from the 14th place of the candidate to the first place by winning 42,779 preferential votes. Together with other defectors from ĽSNS, Uhrík took over the HLAS ĽUDU party (originally Movement for Democracy) from Peter Marček and transformed the party into the Republic movement in March 2021, of which he subsequently became the chairman.

Personal life

Apart from his native Slovak, Uhrík can speak English, German, and Russian. He is married to Zuzana Uhríková, fellow member of Republic political party. Together, the couple has two children and lives in Nitra. Uhrík is a Catholic.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Uhrík, Milan Living people 1984 births MEPs for Slovakia 2019–2024 MEPs for Slovakia 2024–2029 People's Party Our Slovakia politicians Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016–2020