Simona Petrík
Simona Petrík | |
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National Council | |
Assumed office 15 October 2023 | |
In office 23 March 2016 – 20 March 2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Together – Civic Democracy Sieť | 10 October 1982
Spouse | Tomáš Petrík |
Children | 1 |
Education | Comenius University |
Simona Petrík (born 10 November 1982) is a
Petrik was born on 10 November 1982 in Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. She studied political science at Comenius University in Bratislava. Prior to her political career, Petrik worked in the field of language education, running an English language educational agency.[2] Petrik was also involved in feminist causes in Slovakia, working with the organization Real Women[3] and founding the Women's Platform of Slovakia.
Political career
Petrik entered politics in 2015 as a member of #SIEŤ, where she provided support to the party around women's issues. Petrik was elected as a member of #Network in the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election, but after the Centre-right #Network entered a coalition with Smer-SD Petrik left the party and sat as an independent.[4][5] In the National Council, she served in the Public Administration and Regional Development committee.
In April 2016, Petrik was prohibited to enter parliamentary chambers by Deputy Speaker Béla Bugár, due to the fact that she had her six-month old daughter with her.[6]
During her time in the National Council, Petrik worked heavily on women's issues. Petrik filed a complaint with the
Together with her independent parliamentary colleagues Miroslav Beblavý,
In July 2017,
At the party's founding convention in Poprad on 14 April 2018, Petrík was elected one of the party's presidents.[13]
In February 2019, in the lead-up to the
In the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, SPOLU ran in a coalition with Progressive Slovakia. Petrik was in the ninth position on the candidate list.[15] She received 14,713 votes, placing 8th among coalition candidates. However, the coalition failed to reach the 7% threshold to receive seats in parliament.[16]
In March 2021, Simona Petrík left Spolu and joined Progressive Slovakia.[17]
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- ^ "Lektori jazykovej školy". Anglická Škola. 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ "RealWoman". RealWoman (in Slovak). Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ "Poslankyňa Siete Simona Petrík vyhlásila, že ak Sieť pôjde do vlády…". Denník N (in Slovak). 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
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- ^ "Nicholsonová a Poliačik zostávajú v SaS, strane Beblavého s Mihálom držia palce". N Press. 2017-04-19.
- ^ "Výzva ľudí okolo Beblavého a Mihála: Vráťme Slovensko ľuďom". N Press. 2017-04-19.
- ^ "Najzvedavejším poslancom v tomto volebnom období je zatiaľ M. Beblavý". TASR. 2017-07-12.
- ^ "Do politiky vstupuje známy ekológ z iniciatívy My sme les". Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. 2018-04-14.
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- ^ "Zoznam registrovaných kandidátov" (PDF). Ministerstvo vnútra SR.
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- ^ "Petrík opúšťa stranu Spolu a vstupuje do Progresívneho Slovenska". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak).