Veronika Remišová (born 31 May 1976) is a Slovak politician who previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic and Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic. In 2016, she stood for the National Council as a member of

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. In 2019, Remišová left the party and joined

Andrej Kiska Andrej Kiska (; born 2 February 1963) is a Slovak politician, entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist who served as the fourth president of Slovakia from 2014 to 2019. He ran as an Independent politician, independent candidate in the 2014 Slova ...

's For the People. In the 2023 parliamentary election she ran and was elected on the ticket of the

OĽaNO and Friends OĽaNO and Friends (), whose full legal name is OĽaNO and Friends: Ordinary People (OĽaNO), Independent Candidates (NEKA), NOVA, Free and Responsible, Pačivale Roma, Magyar szívek and Christian Union and For the People (), is a political coalit ...

as leader of the For the People party to the National Council.

Early life and education

Remišová graduated from

Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (), also known as Paris 1 (or Paris I) and Panthéon-Sorbonne University (or, together with Sorbonne University and Sorbonne Nouvelle University, simply as the Sorbonne), is a Public university, public rese ...

, receiving DEA diploma. She also received a Certificate in Coaching from the University of Cambridge. Remišová worked at the translation department of the

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in Luxembourg, managing the European program for youth and education policies.

Political career

In the 2014 Slovak municipal elections, Remišová received 507 votes as a member of OĽaNO. She later became a candidate

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, but was not elected to the

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. In the

2016 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 5 March 2016 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The ruling left-wing populist Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) party remained the strongest party, but lost its majority. The ...

, Remišová was appointed as the leader of the OĽANO candidate. She finished third place after receiving 71,618 preferential votes behind Igor Matovič and

Daniel Lipšic Daniel Lipšic (born 8 July 1973) is a Slovak politician and Jurist. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and former Minister of Interior. Until 28 May 2012 he was a member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), in wh ...

. In the

2020 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 29 February 2020 to elect all 150 members of the National Council. The populist Ordinary People and Independent Personalities–NOVA–Christian Union–Change from Below (OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ� ...

, Remišová ran in second place as a For the People candidate, receiving 81,395 votes and maintaining second place in the party. She was perceived as Kiska's successor. After the elections, Remišová stated: "I want the vision that Kiska set to live on, so we will be a modern European center party. There is no such central alternative on the political scene, we are the only such alternative."

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