| Monika Jankovská | |
| Office: | State Secretary of Justice |
| Term Start: | 2012 |
| Term End: | 4 September 2019 |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Party: | Direction – Slovak Social Democracy |
Monika Jankovská (born 12 January 1971) is a Slovak politician and judge. She served as State Secretary of Justice from 2012 to 2019. A member of Direction – Slovak Social Democracy, she served in the National Council from 2016 to 2020.
In 2012, Monika Jankovská is nominated as State Secretary of Justice.[1] She served under Tomáš Borec, Justice minister, where her influence grew. Despite staying in the ministry of Lucie Žitňanská in the third government of Robert Fico, her influence decreased.[2]
On 4 September 2019, she steps down from her role as State Secretary of Justice.[3] [4] A month after her resignation it emerged she had been in contact with Marian Kočner involved in the murder of Ján Kuciak.[5] Following this, she was the subject of a disciplinary motion by Gábor Gál, the Justice minister with whom she worked.[6]
She then works a judge at the Bratislava Regional Court. On 28 February 2020, she is suspended as a judge.[7] In March 2020, she is sent to prison on charges corruption-related crimes, attempts to interfere with the independence of the courts, and obstruction of justice.[8] She is released from prison in March 2021.[9]