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Mária Kolíková

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Mária Kolíková
Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 September 2022
Minister of Justice
In office
1 April 2021 – 13 September 2022
PresidentZuzana Čaputová
Prime MinisterEduard Heger
Preceded byVeronika Remišová (acting)
Succeeded byViliam Karas
In office
21 March 2020 – 23 March 2021
PresidentZuzana Čaputová
Prime MinisterIgor Matovič
Preceded byGábor Gál
Succeeded byVeronika Remišová (acting)
Personal details
Born29 August 1974
Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia
NationalitySlovak
Political partySaS (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		For the People (2019–2021)
Alma materComenius University
Professionlawyer

Mária Kolíková is a Slovak politician who currently serves as an MP of the National Council. She was the Justice Minister of Slovakia between 2020 and 2022, serving in the cabinets of Igor Matovič and Eduard Heger.

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Kolíková graduated from the Law Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava in 1999.[1] She subsequently worked as a trainee lawyer from 2002 before becoming a lawyer in 2003. From 2007 until 2010 she worked at the Mária Kolíková law firm. She later operated as a lawyer for the firm Kolíková & Partners.[2]

Political career

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On 21 March 2020 Kolíková was appointed as the Justice Minister of Slovakia;[2] she was nominated by For the People (Za ľudí). She was working on reforming the judiciary system and reducing corruption by investigating corrupt justices and improving public trust in the judiciary. Kolíková had previously worked in the Justice Ministry when Lucia Žitňanská was minister. Kolíková was one of a number of ministers to step down from their positions in Matovič's Cabinet in March 2021, in an attempt to return in a new cabinet.[3]

In September 2021, after several disagreements with the leader Veronika Remišová, Kolíková left For the People.[4] She joined the party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) as a member in June 2022, becoming their nominee.[5][6][7]

In September 2022, Kolíková resigned from the Cabinet of Eduard Heger along with other SAS ministers due to disagreements with political decisions of Igor Matovič and returned to the Parliament where she joined the Freedom and Solidarity caucus.[8][9] She was replaced in her role of Minister of Justice by Viliam Karas.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Osoby, ktoré získali titul na UK" (in Slovak). Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Novou ministryní spravedlnosti SR je advokátka Mária Kolíková". advokatnidenik.cz (in Czech). 21 March 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Justice Minister Mária Kolíková steps down". The Slovak Spectator. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Nejmenší slovenskou vládní stranu Za ľudí opouští většina poslanců, odcházejí do koaliční SaS". Czech Television (in Czech). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Kolíková vstúpila do SaS, strana má momentálne 255 členov". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Minister Kolíková: I had no idea how deep Jankovská's influence reached". The Slovak Spectator. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  7. ^ "How the Matovič government plans to deal with low trust in judiciary". The Slovak Spectator. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Vládna agónia KONČÍ, všetci MINISTRI SaS podali DEMISIU! Matovičovi poslali ŠTIPĽAVÝ odkaz". Pluska.sk (in Slovak). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  9. ^ "V Národnej rade zanikol mandát dvom poslancom". Denník N (in Slovak). 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Prezidentka vymenovala nových ministrov Hirmana, Karasa a Káčera". sme.sk (in Slovak). 13 September 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
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