Tomáš Taraba
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
Assumed office
25 October 2023
Serving with Robert Kaliňák, Peter Kmec, and Denisa Saková
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Minister of Environment
Assumed office
25 October 2023
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byMilan Chrenko
Member of the National Council
In office
20 March 2020 – 25 October 2023
Personal details
Born (1980-02-13) 13 February 1980[1]
Modra, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partyLife – National Party (suspended)[2]
Alma materComenius University (Mgr.)
University of Economics in Bratislava (Ing.)
University of Regensburg

Tomáš Taraba (born 13 February 1980) is a Slovak politician who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and Minister of Environment in the Fourth cabinet of Robert Fico since 25 October 2023.

With a previous business background, Taraba was elected to the National Council in 2020 on the list of neo-Nazi Kotlebists – People's Party Our Slovakia. From 2019 to 2023, he served as chairman of Life – National Party. Taraba suspended his party membership to run on the list of the Slovak National Party, on which he was elected in the 2023 parliamentary election.

Early life and education

Taraba was educated at Pezinok Grammar School.[3] Afterwards, he studied political science at the Comenius University, graduating in 2003.[4] Taraba also studied business management at the University of Regensburg.[5]

Upon graduation, Taraba worked as in the private sector and in the SARIO government agency.[4]

Political career

Taraba acted as an advisor to the chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement, Ján Figeľ, which both of them denied.[6] He worked at SARIO in the foreign direct investment section in 2006.[7]

Taraba joined Life – National Party in 2019 and became its chairman at the same time. In the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, he was among the Life members elected on the ballot of the far right People's Party Our Slovakia.[2] Taraba left ĽSNS after political disagreements with Milan Mazurek.[8]

In March 2021 interviews during the coalition crisis, Taraba expressed possible support for the minority government after the potential departure of SaS and For the People.[9]

Taraba gave up his position as chairman of Life and ran as an independent candidate on the SNS candidate list in the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election.[10] He became Minister of Environment on 25 October 2023.[11]

Personal life

Taraba is multilingual, able to speak Slovak, French, German, and English.[12] He is married to his wife Denisa with five children.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kto je náhrada za Huliaka? Pozrite, čo robil Tomáš Taraba v minulosti". Nový čas (in Slovak). 24 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Nezaradený poslanec Tomáš Taraba už nie je predsedom svojej strany Život-NS". trend.sk (in Slovak).
  3. ↑ "Vlastenec s americkou firmou a domom v Kanade: Poslanec Taraba má manželku podobnú Matovičovej". plus7dni.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 6 May 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 "List of alumni of the Comenius University". Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Novým ministrom životného prostredia je Tomáš Taraba". www.minzp.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Tódová, Monika (26 October 2015). "Krajniak napísal Bandu zlodejov, špeciálny prokurátor vidí fikciu, politici nezmysly". Denník N (in Slovak).
  7. ↑ Turček, Martin (26 March 2021). "Poslanec Taraba podniká s obvineným Koščom aj kontroverzným Trajterom". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Ringier.
  8. ↑ "Taraba a Kuffovci odchádzajú z klubu ĽSNS". Pravda (in Slovak). 27 May 2020.
  9. ↑ "Všetko hádžu na Matoviča – vyslovenie nedôvery nepodporíme". Denník Postoj (in Slovak). 23 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Taraba už nie je predsedom svojej strany Život". SME (in Slovak). 27 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Ministri novovymenovanej vlády si prevzali agendu na svojich úradoch. Zamierili aj na prvú schôdzu". RTVS (in Slovak). 25 October 2023.
  12. ↑ "Kto je Tomáš Taraba? Do parlamentu sa dostal vďaka Kotlebovi. Nový šéf envirorezortu má podnikateľskú minulosť". Pravda (in Slovak). 24 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  13. ↑ Kvasnicová, Alena. "Najplodnejší v parlamente: Títo politici majú štyri a viac detí. Pozrite na ich veľké rodiny!". plus7dni.pluska.sk (in Slovak).
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