Ľudovít Černák (born October 12, 1951, in Hliník nad Hronom) is a former Slovak politician, businessman and the chairman of the Slovak football club

ŠK Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava (, "Bratislava Slavs") is a professional association football, football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Slovak First Football League. Founded as I. ČSŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name ...

. A graduate of the Slovak Technical College in Bratislava, he also graduated as an internal aspirant from the Technical College in Košice. In 1990 he completed a three-month Management and Marketing course from the Sandwell College of F and HE. In September 1989, he was chosen as the general director of ZSNP (a Slovak metallurgy company). In the 1992 elections, he was chosen to be a member of the Slovak National Council where he was again selected as a member of the government of the Slovak Republic and entrusted to perform the function of the minister of economics of the Slovak Republic. From 1993 to 1994 he served as the deputy prime minister of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and from 1994 to 1998 he was a member of parliament in the National Council of the Slovak Republic. From 1998 to 1999 he was again chosen to be the minister of economics. In April 2000 he established Sitno Holding, a.s., where he is the chairman of the board of directors. In late 2004 he acquired 100% shares in SK Slovan Bratislava – Slovak football team that time in deep crisis. His family managed the team until 2009 when brought back to European competitions and sold to other Slovak influential businessman Ivan Kmotrik.

Political career

*1992–93, Minister of Economy *1992–94, leader of the

Slovak National Party The Slovak National Party (, SNS) is an ultranationalist political party in Slovakia. The party characterizes itself as a nationalist party based on both social and European Christian values. Since 1990 SNS has won seats in every Slovak pa ...

*1994–95, leader of the New Alternative *1995–97, member and leader of the Democratic Union *1998–unknown, member of the

Slovak Democratic Coalition The Slovak Democratic Coalition (, SDK) was an electoral platform—constituted as an instrumental political party—for the 1998 parliamentary election. The party split in 2000, when some members rejoined their original parties, while others, l ...

*1998–99, Minister of Economy *2006– ''ongoing'',

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References

External links

osobnosti.sk Profilegovernment.gov
1951 births Living people People from Žiar nad Hronom District Slovak National Party politicians Democratic Union (Slovakia) politicians Slovak Democratic Coalition politicians Slovak businesspeople Alumni of the University of Birmingham Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1994-1998 {{Slovakia-politician-stub