Milan Krajniak | |
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Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family | |
In office 9 April 2021 –15 April 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Eduard Heger |
Preceded by | Andrej Doležal (caretaker) |
Succeeded by | Soňa Gaborčáková |
In office 21 March 2020 –17 March 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Igor Matovič |
Preceded by | Ján Richter |
Succeeded by | Andrej Doležal (caretaker) |
Member of the National Council | |
In office 15 May 2023 –25 October 2023 | |
In office 18 March 2021 –8 April 2021 | |
In office 23 March 2016 –21 March 2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bojnice,Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) | 30 January 1973
Political party | Christian Union (2024–present) |
Other political affiliations | We Are Family (2016–2024) |
Spouse | Andrea Krajniaková (m. 1998) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius |
Milan Krajniak (born 30 January 1973) [1] is a Slovak politician. He served as Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family from 21 March 2020 to 15 April 2023. [2]
Krajniak will lead Christian Union's list for the 2024 European parliament election. [3]
Krajniak studied political science at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. He was the chairman of the Civic Democratic Youth between 1995 and 1997. [4]
Between 2010 and 2012, Krajniak was an advisor to the Minister of the Interior, Daniel Lipšic, but resigned from his position afterwards. [5]
Since 2016, Krajniak has been a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and vice-chairman of the We Are Family. He was also a member of the Defense and Security Committee and the Permanent Delegation of the Slovak Republic to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. [6]
During a press conference on 31 May 2018, together with chairman of We Are Family Boris Kollár, Krajniak announced his president candidacy for the 2019 Slovak presidential election. [7] He collected 15,000 signatures needed for candidacy on 11 August 2018, and got his last signature in Spišská Nová Ves. [8]
As Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Krajniak took up his position a few weeks after the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election during the COVID-19 pandemic. He implemented a parental bonus to the pension system and implemented a parental bonus, which children would contribute to their parents' from taxes [9]
At the press conference on 15 March 2021, Krajniak announced his resignation, citing the reason to resolve the coalition crisis quickly. [10] He addressed this gesture to the coalition partners. [11] Zuzana Čaputová accepted Krajniak's resignation two days later and temporarily entrusted the function to Transport Minister Andrej Doležal. [12] Krajniak returned to parliament as a deputy on 18 March 2021. [13]
Krajniak married his wife Andrea on 21 November 1998. [14]
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