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Anton Danko
Anton Danko, born in 1959 in Krompachy, is a Slovak engineer, former international ice hockey referee and politician, a co-founder of the ANO party in 2001 who later stood as an independent.
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- 1959 (67 years), Krompachy
- Party
- Independent
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He has been mayor of Poprad since 2002 apart from 2014 to 2018, and is the incumbent seeking re-election in the 2026 Poprad mayoral election.
Career
Danko trained as an engineer, worked in quarry management and directed Poprad's sports facilities administration from 1989 to 1998. He refereed ice hockey internationally from 1986 to 1996. He was deputy mayor of Poprad from 1998 to 2002, a member of the National Council for ANO from 2002 to 2006, later as an independent MP, and deputy chair of the Prešov Self-Governing Region from 2009 to 2013. He became mayor of Poprad in 2002 and won re-election in 2006 and 2010, with 82% in 2006. TASR reports that Jozef Švagerko held the post from 2014 to 2018, and that Danko won 61.13% in 2022. In July 2026 TASR reported that he was again seeking the office.
Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia (Slovak) · TASR (teraz.sk)
- Anton Danko 84%
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Poprad Mayoral Election Winner 2026
| Outcome | Probability |
|---|---|
 Anton Danko | 84% |
 Mikuláš Bobák | 13% |
 Jozef Králik | 3% |
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