| Ján Podmanický | |
| Office: | Member of the National Council |
| Termstart: | 4 July 2006 |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Stará Bystrica, Czechoslovakia |
| Party: | Direction – Social Democracy |
| Otherparty: | Life – National Party (2021–2022) |
| Education: | Comenius University Catholic University in Ružomberok |
| Children: | 3 |
Ján Podmanický (born 17 May 1977) is a Slovak politician. He has served as a member of the National Council and Mayor of Stará Bystrica, respectively since 2003 and 2006.[1]
Podmanický studied Theology and Law at the Comenius University. He has three children.[2]
Podmanický has been a member of the Smer-SD party and the mayor of Stará Bystrica since 2002. He was first elected in the parliamentary election of the same year for the coalition HZD, HZDS, P-SNS, SNS, and Smer.[3] Since 2006, Podmanický has been member of the National Council of Slovakia for Smer[4] and became an independent politician from May 2020.[5] He joined fellow MPs Marián Kéry and Tomáš Taraba to establish a Conservative Platform. Podmanický subsequently left Direction – Slovak Social Democracy, which he has been a member of since the beginning of his political career and became an independent politician. He justified his departure by his unwillingness to accept the leftward shift of the party ideology.[6]