Zora Jaurová (, born 20 January 1973) is a Slovak politician. Since 2023 she has served as 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

Early life and education

Zora Jaurová was born on 20 January 1973 in

Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...

. Her father was the Slovak nationalist activist and long-term president of the

Matica slovenská Matica Slovenská (en. Slovak Matica) is the oldest Slovakia, Slovak national, Culture, cultural and scientific organization. The headquarters of Slovak Matica is the town of Martin, Slovakia as the center of the national culture of Slovak ...

Jozef Markuš Jozef Markuš (13 March 1944 – 3 March 2025) was a Slovak politician. He was the deputy chair of the transitory Slovak government designated after the Velvet Revolution to organize the first democratic election in the Czech and Slovak Federa ...

. She studied at the

Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949. The university consists of three faculties: *''Theatre Faculty'' (Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, Stage and Costume Design, Puppetry, Theatre Th ...

Professional life

Prior to entering politics, Jaurová was active in EU affairs and cultural management. She became widely known as the director of the transformation of cultural scene in

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due to the city being awarded the

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in 2013 based on a project co-developed by Jaurová. Jaurová is the President of the Slovak Creative Industry Forum and a partner in Slovak film production company MPhilms.

Politics

Jaurová was one of the founding members of the

Progressive Slovakia Progressive Slovakia (, PS) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Slovakia established in 2017. The party is led by Michal Šimečka, a former Vice President of the European Parliament. It is a member of the Renew Europe group and ...

party in 2018. 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 won a mandate in the National Council.

Personal life

Jaurová is married to the

Lutheran Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...

theologist Dušan Jaur. They have one son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jaurova, Zora 1973 births Living people Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava alumni Progressive Slovakia politicians Slovak film producers Politicians from Bratislava Women members of the National Council (Slovakia) Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2023–2027