Jana Laššáková Explained

Office:Judge of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia
Termstart:14 December 2017
Termend:30 September 2023
Office1:Member of the National Council
Termstart1:15 October 2002
Termend1:13 December 2017
Birth Date:22 May 1952
Birth Place:Plavnica, Czechoslovakia
Party:Direction – Social Democracy
Education:Comenius University
Spouse:Vladimír Laššák
Children:1
Office2:Deputy Speaker of the National Council
Term Start2:4 April 2012
Term End2:23 March 2016
Alongside2:Miroslav Číž, Ján Figeľ, Erika Jurinová and Renáta Zmajkovičová
1Blankname2:Speaker
1Namedata2:Pavol Paška
Herself
Peter Pellegrini
Office3:Speaker of the National Council
Status3:Acting
President3:Andrej Kiska
Predecessor3:Pavol Paška
Successor3:Peter Pellegrini
Term Start3:24 November 2014
Term End3:25 November 2014
Birth Name:Jana Murcková

Jana Laššáková (Murcková; born 22 May 1952) is a Slovak politician and lawyer. In 2002–2017, she was a Member of the National Council. From 2017 to 2023 she has served as a Justice of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia.[1]

Legal career

Laššáková was born in the village of in Plavnica. She studied law at the Comenius University, graduating in 1976.[2] After graduation she worked as an in-house counsel for various companies as well as an attorney.[3]

Political career

Laššáková served as the Chairwoman of the Direction – Social Democracy in the Banská Bystrica region since its founding.[4] In 2002 she became a MP. In 2012, she became the Leader of the Direction – Social Democracy caucus. In this position she gained notoriety for using thumb up/thumb down gestures to inform her fellow caucus members how they should vote.[5]

In 2017 she was chosen a Justice of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia by the parliament. The confirmation of her appointment by president Andrej Kiska got delayed as the president was unconvinced by the expertise of the parliament's choices and requested clarification from the Constitutional Court of Slovakia as to whether he is allowed not to confirm the candidates. Upon courts' ruling confirming the president has to confirm parliament's nominees, Laššáková was confirmed. Upon joining the Constitutional Court, she gave up all her political and party functions.[6] On 5 September 2023, she retired from the Court.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jana Laššáková sa vzdala funkcie sudkyne ústavného súdu . Aktuality.sk . 6 September 2023 . sk . 6 September 2023.
  2. Web site: Absolventi PraF UK 1971 – 1980 (Rok 1976) . Právnická fakulta UK v Bratislave . 2022-10-12 . 2014-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222003339/http://www.flaw.uniba.sk/index.php?id=2965 . dead .
  3. Web site: Jana Laššáková . Osobnosti.sk.
  4. Web site: Prušová . Veronika . Z Ústavného súdu odchádza Jana Laššáková. Bývalá tvár Smeru končí po šiestich rokoch . Denník N . 6 September 2023 . sk-SK . 6 September 2023.
  5. Web site: 2013-05-30 . Palec dolů - zabij gladiátora? Ne. Hlasuj proti, poslanče . Týden . Czech.
  6. 2017-12-14 . Prezident vymenoval troch sudcov ústavného súdu . TASR.