Ondrej Dostál

Slovak politician

Ondrej Dostál


Member of the National Council of Slovakia
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2016
In office 8 July 2010 – 4 April 2012
Chairman of Civic Conservative Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 April 2012
Preceded by	Peter Zajac

Personal details
Born	(1971-04-05) 5 April 1971 (age 53) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Political party	Civic Conservative Party Democratic Party
Education	Comenius University

Ondrej Dostál (born 5 April 1971 in Bratislava)^[1] is a Slovak politician and former journalist, currently serving as member of the National Council of Slovakia in the caucus of Freedom and Solidarity and the chairman of the Civic Conservative Party.

Early life

Dostál graduated from Philosophy and Sociology studies at the Comenius University in 1997.^[1] He worked as a journalist for Sme as a student. In late 2000s, Dostál later studied law at a Comenius University campus in Galanta, which was accused of allowing paying students to avoid university admission process and not having proper accreditation.^[2] He eventually graduated in 2013.^[3]

Political career

Dostál was a member of the Democratic Party until 2001, after which he co-founded the Civic Conservative Party. Dostál was involved in regional and Bratislava city politics between 2002 and 2022.^[4]

In 2010, Dostál was elected to the National Council of the list of Most–Híd party. In 2016 and again in 2020, he was elected on the list of Freedom and Solidarity party.^[5] Between March and October 2022, he served as a State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Osobný profil Ondrej Dostál". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
^ Glovičko, Ján. "Študent práva Dostál: Pre Kaskády neodídem". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
^ "Osoby, ktoré získali titul na UK". Comenius University (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
^ "Tváre OKS". OKS (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
^ "Ondrej Dostál". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
^ Kantorová, Simona (21 September 2022). "Dostál sa po odchode z rezortu spravodlivosti vráti do parlamentu: Náhradu namiesto mňa minister nemá, reaguje". Plus Noviny (in Slovak). TV JOJ. Retrieved 7 November 2022.