Samuel Migaľ (born 30 June 1982) is a Slovak politician and former TV host. He has served as the minister of Investment, Regional Development and Informatics of Slovakia since 2025.

Biography

Migaľ was born on 30 June 1982 in

Košice Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest cit ...

. He attended a forestry trade school in

Vranov nad Topľou Vranov nad Topľou (Slovak language, Slovak before 1927 and from 1944–1969: ''Vranov''; / ''Vronau an der Töpl'' (rare); ; ) is a town of approximately 20,500 inhabitants in eastern Slovakia, situated near Košice and Prešov, and between ...

and afterwards studied media communication at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, graduating in 2010. From 2004 to 2023 he worked as a news reporter for

TV JOJ TV JOJ is a Slovak private TV channel owned by J&T Enterprises and launched in March 2002. The channel screens serial dramas and TV shows. The name JOJ is derived from a Slovak interjection, comparable to ''oh là là''. History It was launch ...

. In October 2023, Migaľ revealed in an interview with the Slovak daily ''SME'' that he was among the journalists whose personal information was found on a USB flash drive belonging to

Marián Kočner Marian Kočner (born 17 May 1963) is a Slovak businessman and convicted criminal. With business dealings mostly in the spheres of risk investment, financial development and property, his name appeared in leaked police documents known as the "ma ...

, the businessman indicted in connection with a large number of crimes. Migaľ became MP soon after the

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 ...

a replacement for Denisa Saková. In 2024, he joined forces with fellow

Voice – Social Democracy Voice – Social Democracy (, Hlas-SD) is a social democratic and populist political party in Slovakia. It was founded in 2020 by dissidents from Direction – Social Democracy (Smer-SD) led by former prime minister Peter Pellegrini. In October ...

MP Ján Ferenčák, Radomír Šalitroš and Roman Malatinec to demand resignation of the parliamentary leader of the party Róbert Puci and government reshuffle. In reaction, Migaľ and Šalitroš were expelled from the party in January 2025. In March 2025, Migaľ ended his feud with the governing coalition in exchange for becaming the minister of regional development.

References

1982 births Living people Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2023–2027 Voice – Social Democracy politicians Politicians from Košice Slovak journalists {{Slovakia-politician-stub