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Ondrej Lunter

Ondrej Lunter

Ondrej Lunter (born 1987 in Banská Bystrica) is a Slovak independent politician who has chaired the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region since October 2022.

Born
1987 (39 years), Banská Bystrica

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He studied politology and economics and founded the fact-checking project Demagog.sk. He is seeking re-election as an independent in the Banská Bystrica Region governor election of 24 October 2026, per Slovak Wikipedia.

Career

Lunter studied politology and economics at Masaryk University in Brno (2006–2012), where he founded Demagog.sk and the Masaryk Debates. He directed a regional tourism organisation in Stratená in 2011–2012 and joined the management of the family firm Alfa Bio from 2012 to 2016. In 2017 he led his father Ján Lunter's campaign against Marian Kotleba and was elected to the regional assembly with the third-highest vote count. He became deputy chairman in April 2019 and, on 29 October 2022, chairman after winning 47.53% as an independent. For 2026 the article lists support from PS, KDH, SaS, Hlas-SD and other parties.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia (Slovak)

Photo: Bratislavský kraj (BSK), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Banská Bystrica Region Governor Election Winner 2026

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Ondrej Lunter95%
Miroslav Suja2%
Roman Malatinec<1%

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