Mária Kolíková

Mária Kolíková
Mária Kolíková
Minister of Justice of the Slovak Republic
	In office; 1 April 2021 – 13 September 2022
President	Zuzana Čaputová
Prime Minister	Eduard Heger
Preceded by	Veronika Remišová; (ad interim)
Succeeded by	Viliam Karas
	In office; 21 March 2020 – 23 March 2021
President	Zuzana Čaputová
Prime Minister	Igor Matovič
Preceded by	Gábor Gál
Succeeded by	Veronika Remišová; (ad interim)
Personal details
Born	29 August 1974; Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia; (now Slovakia)
Political party	Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) (2022–present)
Other political; affiliations	For the People (2019–2021)
Alma mater	Comenius University
Profession	lawyer

Mária Kolíková is a Slovak politician who currently serves as the justice minister of Slovakia; she was nominated by Za ľudí. She is working on reforming the judiciary system and reducing corruption by investigating corrupt justices and improving public trust in the judiciary. Kolíková previously worked in the Justice Ministry when Lucia Žitňanská was minister. In 2021, after several disagreements with the leader Veronika Remišová Kolíková left For the people. Now she figures as a nominee of Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and entered the party as a member in June 2022^[1].^[2]^[3] In September 2022, she resigned along with other SAS ministers due to disagreements with political decisions of Igor Matovič and returned to the Parliament where she joined the Freedom and Solidarity caucus.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Teraz.sk (22 June 2022). "Kolíková vstúpila do SaS, strana má momentálne 255 členov". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ "Minister Kolíková: I had no idea how deep Jankovská's influence reached". The Slovak Spectator. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ "How the Matovič government plans to deal with low trust in judiciary". The Slovak Spectator. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ "Vládna agónia KONČÍ, všetci MINISTRI SaS podali DEMISIU! Matovičovi poslali ŠTIPĽAVÝ odkaz". www1.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "V Národnej rade zanikol mandát dvom poslancom". Denník N (in Slovak). 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

[1] Teraz.sk (22 June 2022). "Kolíková vstúpila do SaS, strana má momentálne 255 členov". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[2] "Minister Kolíková: I had no idea how deep Jankovská's influence reached". The Slovak Spectator. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

[3] "How the Matovič government plans to deal with low trust in judiciary". The Slovak Spectator. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

[4] "Vládna agónia KONČÍ, všetci MINISTRI SaS podali DEMISIU! Matovičovi poslali ŠTIPĽAVÝ odkaz". www1.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[5] "V Národnej rade zanikol mandát dvom poslancom". Denník N (in Slovak). 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

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v t e Matovič Cabinet
Prime Minister	Igor Matovič (OĽaNO)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Richard Sulík Eduard Heger Štefan Holý Veronika Remišová
Ministers	Eduard Heger (Finance) Roman Mikulec (Interior) Jaroslav Naď (Defence) Richard Sulík (Economy) Mária Kolíková (Justice) Veronika Remišová (Regions) Marek Krajčí (Health) Ján Mičovský (Agriculture) Ján Budaj (Environment) Natália Milanová (Culture) Branislav Gröhling (Education)