Peter Pollák (born 20 April 1973) is a Slovak politician who has served as a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

Early life and education

Born 20 April 1973 in Levoča, Pollák is of

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origin. His father worked as an excavator in the Czech Republic whilst his mother was a cleaner in a kindergarten. Pollák has four siblings, three of whom are educated although his brothers did not obtain a diploma.

Political career

During the

2012 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 10 March 2012 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The elections followed the fall of Prime Minister Iveta Radičová's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party-led ...

, Pollák ran in the eighth place of the OĽaNO candidates and finished 14th by winning 6072 preferential votes. He became the first member of Romani origin. Pollák also works as a member of the Permanent Delegation of the Slovak Republic to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

References

1973 births Living people People from Levoča Slovak Romani people OĽaNO politicians Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2012–2016 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2020–2023 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2023–2027] MEPs for Slovakia 2019–2024 Romani politicians {{Slovakia-MEP-stub