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Denisa Saková (born 17 April 1976) is a Slovak politician who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and Minister of Economy in the Fourth cabinet of Robert Fico since 25 October 2023.

She previously served in the Cabinet of Peter Pellegrini as Minister of Interior from 2018 to 2020. Since 2020, she has served as deputy leader of the Voice – Social Democracy (Hlas) party, being part of a group of dissidents from the Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) party.

Early life and education

Denisa Saková was born on 17 April 1976 in Nitra.[1] She studied Engineering management at University of Economics in Bratislava. She subsequently worked in consulting, in particular in the ICT industry. In 2006 she obtained her PhD from the University of Economics in Bratislava. In 2007, Saková shortly acted as the director of the IT department at the ministry of interior affairs, before returning to the prime sector [2]

Political career

In 2016, Saková joined the Direction – Social Democracy party and she became the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Interior under Minister Robert Kaliňák, who was her political mentor.[3] Following the resignation of Kaliňák due to the Murder of Ján Kuciak in 2018, she took over the ministry.[4]

Prior the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, Saková criticized the participation of Slovaks living abroad on the election, sparking fears of her potentially using her office to complicate voting from abroad.[5] Following the election, she was among a large group of Direction MPs, who split from the party and started the new Voice – Social Democracy party.[6]

Following the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, Saková became the minister of economy. Immediately after the election, she claimed Ukraine should give up its territory to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Denisa Saková - ministerka hospodárstva - www.sme.sk". www.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "Ministerka vnútra Denisa Saková, Ministerstvo vnútra Slovenskej republiky". Ministry of Interior Slovakia.
  3. ^ "Ministerkou vnútra bude Kaliňákova tajomníčka". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). April 24, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "Aktualizované: Denisa Saková ako štátna tajomníčka skončila, pretože má byť ministerkou vnútra". SITA.sk (in Slovak). April 25, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  5. ^ "Voľby 2020: Saková brojila proti voličom zo zahraničia. Sú vraj mobilizovaní opozíciou". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). February 8, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  6. ^ "Rozpad Smeru pokračuje. K Pellegrinimu sa pridali ďalšie známe tváre". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). June 17, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  7. ^ "Denisa Saková z Hlasu spochybňuje schopnosť Ukrajiny dobyť okupované územie". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
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