Gábor Gál Explained

Gábor Gál
Office1:Minister of Justice of Slovakia
Term Start1:22 March 2018
Term End1:21 March 2020
Predecessor1:Lucia Žitňanská
Successor1:Mária Kolíková
Office2:Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
Term Start2:15 October 2002
Term End2:22 March 2018
Birth Date:1974 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Šaľa, Czechoslovakia
Alma Mater:Comenius University in Bratislava
Spouse:Zsuzsanna Gálová
Children:3
Party:Party of the Hungarian Community
Most–Híd

Gábor Gál (born 22 November 1974 in Šaľa) is a Slovak politician. From 2018 to 2020 he served as the Minister of Justice. From 2002 to 2018, he was a member of the National Council.

Background

Gál studied law at the Comenius University in 1998.[1] Since graduation, he has worked as an attorney. In 2006 he shortly represented the hate-crime victim Hedviga Malinova.[2]

Political career

In 2002, Gál was first elected into parliament on the list of the Party of the Hungarian Community. In 2009 he co-founded the Most–Híd party, which he represented in parliament until 2018. In 2018, he became the minister of justice, serving until the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, in which his party failed to pass the representation threshold.[3]

In May 2022, the Slovak police accused Gál of acts of corruption allegedly taking place during his political career.[4]

Personal life

Gál is married to Zsuzsanna Gálová, a schoolteacher. They have three children.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Osoby, ktoré získali titul na UK . 2022-11-14 . absolventi.uniba.sk . 2023-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230427215912/https://absolventi.uniba.sk/searchTop.do . dead .
  2. Web site: Aktuality.sk . Osobný profil Gábor Gál . 2022-11-14 . Aktuality.sk . sk.
  3. 2018-03-19 . Ministrom spravodlivosti má byť Gábor Gál, Pellegrini súhlasí so zmenami v polícii . TREND Holding . 1336-2674.
  4. Web site: Prušová . Veronika . Koník . Juraj . 2022-05-20 . Exministra spravodlivosti Gábora Gála obvinili z korupcie za pomoc s reštitúciou Kvietikovi . 2022-11-14 . Denník N . sk-SK.
  5. Web site: Cosculluela . Veronika . Šikovné a bohaté: Pozrite si, ktoré manželky politikov prišli k závratným majetkom . plus7dni.pluska.sk . 14 November 2022 . sk . 21 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Poslanec Gábor Gál sa teší zo syna Jónása, ale pôrod mu dal zabrať . www1.pluska.sk . 14 November 2022 . sk . 2 December 2014.