Gábor Grendel

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.

Gábor Grendel
Member of the National Council
Assumed office
23 March 2016
Deputy Speaker of the National Council
Assumed office
20 March 2020
Serving with Peter Pellegrini, Milan Laurenčík and Juraj Šeliga
SpeakerBoris Kollár
Personal details
Born (1980-06-15) 15 June 1980
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partyNew Majority
EducationComenius University

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 Affiars 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
  1. Gábor Grendel. In: "Osoby, ktoré získali titul na UK". Univerzita Komenského.
  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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