Renáta Zmajkovičová Explained

Office:Member of the National Council
Termstart:15 October 2002
Termend:23 March 2016
Birth Date:9 May 1962
Birth Place:Voderady, Czechoslovakia
Party:Direction – Slovak Social Democracy
Education:Matej Bel University
Children:1

Renáta Zmajkovičová (born 9 May 1962) is a Slovak politician. She served as a member of the National Council from 2002 to 2016 in the caucus of the Direction – Slovak Social Democracy party.

Zmajkovičová was born in 1962 in a village of Voderady, close to the city of Trnava.[1] Before entering politics, she worked in the advertising and fashion industry.[2] In 2007, she obtained a Law degree from Matej Bel University. Her final thesis was a subject of plagiarism allegations due to copying 20 paragraphs of legal text without citing the source.[3] Ján Mikolaj, who at the time served as the minister of Education argued that the thesis is not plagiarized as Zmajkovičová only copied legal text, not original ideas of other authors.[4]

In 2002, Zmajkovičová became an MP. In 2014, she became involved in the a shady purchase of overpriced medical equipment.[5] Although she claimed to be innocent, she did not run again in the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election.[6]

Zmajkovičová is unmarried and has a son.[7]

References

  1. Web site: Jagavý domov expolitičky: Kým si kúpila vaňu, v obchode si vypýtala uterák a ľahla si do nej . plus7dni.pluska.sk . 9 March 2023 . sk . 14 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Renáta Zmajkovičová Feminity.sk . 2022-11-21 . feminity.zoznam.sk.
  3. Web site: Poslankyňa za Smer vyštudovala s pochybnou diplomovkou . 2022-11-21 . domov.sme.sk . sk.
  4. Web site: Aktuality.sk . Mikolaj pochybuje, či Zmajkovičová napísala plagiát . 2022-11-21 . Aktuality.sk . 18 November 2009 . sk.
  5. Web site: 2014-11-17 . CT scandal rocks politics . 2022-11-21 . spectator.sme.sk . en.
  6. Web site: Tódová . Monika . 2015-12-01 . Zmajkovičová nebude kandidovať, skončil aj Martvoň, Kolesík však nie . 2022-11-21 . Denník N . sk-SK.
  7. Web site: Zmajkovičová ukázala najdôležitejšieho muža jej života. Slovami lásky nešetrila . www1.pluska.sk . 21 November 2022 . sk . 21 July 2018.