Róbert Madej (born 3 January 1981 in

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) is a Slovak attorney and former politician, who served as a

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of the National Council from 2002 to 2020. Madej studied law at the

Comenius University Comenius University Bratislava () is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century ...

, graduating in 2004. Already as a student, he was included on the electoral list of the

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party in 2002 following his victory in student essay competition organized by the party along with a fellow winner

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. In 2013 he received his PhD in law from

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. In

2002 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 20 and 21 September 2002.Dieter Nohlen, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1747 The People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia, Movement for a Democ ...

, he was elected an MP at the age of 22. In 2020 he retired from politics to focus on the legal practice and family.

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