Milan Mazurek

He sat in the National Council in 2016–2019 and 2020–2023 and has been a Member of the European Parliament since July 2024. He is the Republika candidate for chair of the Prešov Self-Governing Region in the 24 October 2026 regional election.

Career

Mazurek attended a private high school in Poprad, and Wikipedia's infobox lists the University of Economics in Bratislava. He belonged to the People's Party Our Slovakia from 2015 to 2021 and has been in Republika since 2021. He entered the National Council in March 2016 as a replacement for Andrej Medvecký, who resigned, and sat until September 2019. He returned in March 2020 and served until October 2023. Since 2 July 2024 he has been a Member of the European Parliament for Slovakia.

Controversies

In 2016 he made remarks about Romani children in a radio speech. The Specialised Criminal Court later convicted him of defaming a nation, race and belief and fined him 5,000 euros. In September 2019 the Supreme Court upheld the conviction and raised the fine to 10,000 euros, according to Wikipedia; the ruling is final. He lost his parliamentary seat as a result. In May 2026 rival candidate Samuel Migaľ criticised him for being legally convicted of extremism, as reported by Noviny.sk.

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Photo: European Union 2024 - Source : EP, European Parliament, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)