Zsolt Simon

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Zsolt Simon
Simon in 2012
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
In office
16 October 2002 – 4 July 2006
Prime MinisterMikuláš Dzurinda
Preceded byPavol Koncoš
Succeeded byMiroslav Jureňa
In office
9 July 2010 – 4 April 2012
Prime MinisterIveta Radičová
Preceded byVladimír Chovan
Succeeded byĽubomír Jahnátek
Member of the National Council
In office
4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010
In office
4 April 2012 – 20 March 2020
Personal details
Born (1970-08-26) August 26, 1970 (age 53)
Rimavská Sobota, Czechoslovakia
Political partyParty of the Hungarian Coalition (1999-2009)
Most–Híd(2009-2016)
Hungarian Forum(2019-)
Children2
Alma materMendel University Brno

Zsolt Simon (born 26 August 1970) is a Slovak politician. He served as the Minister of Agriculture from 2002 to 2006 and again from 2010 to 2012. From 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2020 he was a Member of the National Council.

Early life[edit]

Simon was born in Rimavská Sobota. He is of Hungarian nationality. He studied agriculture at the Mendel University, graduating in 1993. Following graduation, he ran a farm and worked as a manager in Agriculture. In 1999, he joined the Party of the Hungarian Coalition.[1]

Political career[edit]

Following the 2002 Slovak parliamentary election, Simon won a mandate, which he did not take due to becoming a Minister of Agriculture in the Dzurinda's Second Cabinet.[2] He was elected a Deputy again in the 2006 Slovak parliamentary election. While serving as an opposition MP, he left the Party of the Hungarian Coalition to co-found the Most–Híd party.[3] He was again elected in the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election, following which he again served as an Agriculture minister in the Radičová's Cabinet.[4] From 2012 to 2020 he was an opposition MP. Following the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election, he left the Most-Híd party due to his opposition to a coalition agreement with Direction – Slovak Social Democracy. In 2019 he established a new party Hungarian Forum, which failed to pass the representation threshold in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election.[5]

Personal life[edit]

Simon is married and has two sons.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Zsolt Simon: Fico zničí Bugára aj Danka, Kaliňák vie na každého niečo". Denník N. 3 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Vláda SR od 16. 10. 2002 do 04. 07. 2006 | Úrad vlády SR". www.vlada.gov.sk. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Most povedie Bugár". www.noviny.sk (in Slovak). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Vláda SR od 09. 07. 2010 do 04.04.2012 | Úrad vlády SR". www.vlada.gov.sk. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Zsolt Simon zakladá novú stranu: Chceme alternatívu pre Maďarov" (in Slovak). Hospodárske noviny. 2019.
  6. ^ "ŽIVOTOPIS: Zsolt Simon". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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