Gábor Grendel

Gábor Grendel
Gábor Grendel
Deputy Speaker of the National Council
	In office; 20 March 2020 – 25 October 2023 Serving with Peter Pellegrini, Milan Laurenčík and Juraj Šeliga
Speaker	Boris Kollár
Member of the National Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 March 2016
Chairman of New Majority
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 June 2017
Preceded by	Daniel Lipšic
Personal details
Born	15 June 1980 (age 44); Bratislava, Czechoslovakia; (now Slovakia)
Political party	New Majority
Education	Comenius University

Gábor Grendel (born 15 July 1980)^[1] is a Slovak journalist and politician. Since 2016 he has served as a Member of the National Council. In addition, he has been a Deputy Speaker of the Council since 2020. Between 2017 and 2019 he was the Chairman of the NOVA party.

Early life

Grendel was born on 15 July 1980 in Bratislava to an intellectual family of Hungarian ethnicity. His father was a prominent writer Lajos Grendel and journalist Ágota Grendel.^[2]

In 2003 he graduated in Journalism and Hungarian language at the Comenius University.^[1]

Journalism career

Following his graduation, Grendel worked as a journalist for the Új Szó daily, Twist radio as well as TA3 and Markíza TV Channels.^[3] In 2010 he became the spokesman for the Interior Affairs minister Daniel Lipšic.^[4]

Political career

Grender was among the founders of the New Majority (NOVA) party headed by Lipšic. In the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election, NOVA ran in coalition with the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO) movement. Grender was elected an MP. He retained his seat in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, once again on the joint list with OĽaNO.^[5]

In 2017 he succeeded Lipšic as the Chairman of NOVA. He resigned in 2019 due to disagreements with other party leaders about strategic direction of the party.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Gábor Grendel. In: "Osoby, ktoré získali titul na UK". Univerzita Komenského. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
^ Grendel Ágota. In: "Databanka Maďarov na Slovensku" (in Hungarian). Fórum inštitút pre výskum menšín.
^ "Gábor Grendel: V Nove budem liberálom". Petit Press. 2012-11-18. ISSN 1335-4418. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Aktuality.sk (2010-07-16). "Televízni redaktori sa stávajú hovorcami". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-04-20.
^ "Zvolení poslanci do NR SR - Parlamentné voľby 2016 - Voľby SME". volby.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-04-20.
^ "Grendel odstúpil z postu predsedu hnutia NOVA, zostáva radovým členom". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-04-20.

[uk-absolvent-1] Gábor Grendel. In: "Osoby, ktoré získali titul na UK". Univerzita Komenského. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-04-20.

[2] Grendel Ágota. In: "Databanka Maďarov na Slovensku" (in Hungarian). Fórum inštitút pre výskum menšín.

[3] "Gábor Grendel: V Nove budem liberálom". Petit Press. 2012-11-18. ISSN 1335-4418. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[4] Aktuality.sk (2010-07-16). "Televízni redaktori sa stávajú hovorcami". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-04-20.

[5] "Zvolení poslanci do NR SR - Parlamentné voľby 2016 - Voľby SME". volby.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-04-20.

[6] "Grendel odstúpil z postu predsedu hnutia NOVA, zostáva radovým členom". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-04-20.

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