| Milan Krajniak | |
| Office: | Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family |
| Primeminister: | Eduard Heger |
| Term Start: | 9 April 2021 |
| Term End: | 15 April 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Andrej Doležal (caretaker) |
| Successor: | Soňa Gaborčáková |
| Primeminister2: | Igor Matovič |
| Term Start2: | 21 March 2020 |
| Term End2: | 17 March 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Ján Richter |
| Successor2: | Andrej Doležal (caretaker) |
| Office3: | Member of the National Council |
| Term Start3: | 15 May 2023 |
| Term Start4: | 18 March 2021 |
| Term End4: | 8 April 2021 |
| Term Start5: | 23 March 2016 |
| Term End5: | 21 March 2020 |
| Birth Date: | 1973 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bojnice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Party: | Christian Union (2024–present) |
| Term End3: | 25 October 2023 |
| Otherparty: | We Are Family (2016–2024) NOVA (2012–2016) KDH (?–2012) |
| Children: | 1 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius |
Milan Krajniak (born 30 January 1973)[1] is a Slovak politician. He served as Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family from 21 March 2020 to 15 April 2023.[2]
Krajniak will lead Christian Union's list for the 2024 European parliament election.[3]
Krajniak studied political science at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. He was the chairman of the Civic Democratic Youth between 1995 and 1997.[4]
Between 2010 and 2012, Krajniak was an advisor to the Minister of the Interior, Daniel Lipšic, but resigned from his position afterwards.[5]
Since 2016, Krajniak has been a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and vice-chairman of the We Are Family. He was also a member of the Defense and Security Committee and the Permanent Delegation of the Slovak Republic to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.[6]
During a press conference on 31 May 2018, together with chairman of We Are Family Boris Kollár, Krajniak announced his president candidacy for the 2019 Slovak presidential election.[7] He collected 15,000 signatures needed for candidacy on 11 August 2018, and got his last signature in Spišská Nová Ves.[8]
As Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Krajniak took up his position a few weeks after the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election during the COVID-19 pandemic. He implemented a parental bonus to the pension system and implemented a parental bonus, which children would contribute to their parents' from taxes[9]
At the press conference on 15 March 2021, Krajniak announced his resignation, citing the reason to resolve the coalition crisis quickly.[10] He addressed this gesture to the coalition partners.[11] Zuzana Čaputová accepted Krajniak's resignation two days later and temporarily entrusted the function to Transport Minister Andrej Doležal.[12] Krajniak returned to parliament as a deputy on 18 March 2021.[13]
Krajniak married his wife Andrea on 21 November 1998.[14]