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Irena Bihariová
Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 October 2023
Chair of the Progressive Slovakia
In office
6 June 2020 – 7 May 2022
Preceded byMichal Truban
Succeeded byMichal Šimečka
Personal details
Born (1980-09-15) 15 September 1980 (age 44)
Trnava, Czechoslovakia
Political partyProgressive Slovakia
Alma materComenius University

Irena Bihariová (born 15 September 1980) is a Slovak lawyer and politician. She was the leader of Progressive Slovakia from June 2020 to May 2022. In 2022, a meeting of the Progressive Slovakia party took place, where the only candidate, Michal Šimečka, ran. He was elected chairman of the Party and Irena Bihariová was elected vice-president of the Party.

Early life

Bihariová attended Faculty of Law at Comenius University in Bratislava, receiving a master's degree in 2009. She identifies herself as Romani, born in an "assimilated family".

Since 2009, Bihariová has been leader the association People against Racism. On 29 July 2013, she became vice-chairwoman of the Committee for the Prevention and Elimination of Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Intolerance at the Ministry of the Interior. She was elected for the "National Strategy for the Protection and Support of Human Rights in Slovakia".

Political career

On 8 May 2019, Bihariová was elected vice president of Progressive Slovakia. She finished fourth place during the February 2020 parliamentary elections with 46,798 votes.

On 4 March 2020, Bihariová confirmed that she would run for party chairwoman. During the party congress on 6 June, Bihariová defeated Michal Truban. According to her, she was trying to enforce a "fragile balance between political idealism and pragmatism".

During the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, she was elected as a member of the Progressive Slovakia.

References

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  6. "Novou podpredsedníčkou VRAX sa stala Irena Bihariová z OZ Ľudia proti rasizmu". minv.sk (in Slovak). 29 July 2023.
  7. Ondrejkovič, Ľuboš (8 May 2019). "Lídrom PS sa dnes stal Michal Truban". Progressive Slovakia (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 8 May 2019.
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  9. "Irena Bihariová bude kandidovať za predsedníčku Progresívneho Slovenska". Denník N (in Slovak). 4 March 2020.
  10. "Novou predsedníčkou Progresívneho Slovenska je Irena Bihariová". Denník N (in Slovak). 6 June 2020.
  11. Tódová, Monika (6 June 2020). "Predsedníčka PS Irena Bihariová: Kto, ak nie my, má búrať komplexy Slovákov". Denník N (in Slovak).
  12. "Zvolení poslanci". SME (in Slovak).
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