Gabriela Matečná
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
In office
23 March 2016 – 21 March 2020
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Peter Pellegrini
Preceded byĽubomír Jahnátek
Succeeded byJán Mičovský
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
22 March 2018 – 21 March 2020
Prime MinisterPeter Pellegrini
Personal details
Born (1964-11-28) 28 November 1964
Poprad, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partySlovak National Party
Children1
EducationSlovak University of Agriculture

Gabriela Matečná (born 28 November 1964 in Poprad)[1] is a Slovak agriculturalist and politician. Between 2016 and 2020, she served as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Since 2018, she is a member of the Slovak National Party.[2]

Early life

Matečná graduated from the Slovak University of Agriculture. Since 2008, she worked at the Slovak Land Fund - the government agency responsible for managing government owned agricultural land. In 2012, she became the CEO of the Fund as a nominee of the Direction – Slovak Social Democracy party.[3] As a CEO, she faced accusations of helping people connected to the Prime Minister Robert Fico to buy lucrative state-owned land.[4]

Political career

Matečná became the Minister of Agriculture in 2016 as a nominee, but not a member of, the Slovak National Party. She became a member of the party in 2018. After the Slovak National Party failed to pass the representation threshold in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, she retired from politics.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Nová ministerka Gabriela Matečná: Harmóniu vnáša do súkromia aj práce". Slovenka (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  2. ↑ Aktuality.sk. "Ministerka pôdohospodárstva Matečná vstúpila do SNS". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  3. ↑ N, Denník (2016-03-17). "Toto sú ministri vlády Fico III". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  4. ↑ a.s, Petit Press. "Nová ministerka pôdohospodárstva poslúžila aj Ficovmu susedovi". index.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  5. ↑ "Exministerka Matečná prekvapila: FOTO Po pôsobení v politike sa zdá, že má úplne iné povolanie!". Topky.sk (in Slovak). 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2022-09-26.


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