Gabriela Matečná
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
In office
23 March 2016  21 March 2020
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Peter Pellegrini
Preceded byĽubomír Jahnátek
Succeeded byJán Mičovský
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
22 March 2018  21 March 2020
Prime MinisterPeter Pellegrini
Personal details
Born (1964-11-28) 28 November 1964
Poprad, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partySlovak National Party
Children1
EducationSlovak University of Agriculture

Gabriela Matečná (born 28 November 1964 in Poprad)[1] is a Slovak agriculturalist and politician. Between 2016 and 2020, she served as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Since 2018, she is a member of the Slovak National Party.[2]

Early life

Matečná graduated from the Slovak University of Agriculture. Since 2008, she worked at the Slovak Land Fund - the government agency responsible for managing government owned agricultural land. In 2012, she became the CEO of the Fund as a nominee of the Direction – Slovak Social Democracy party.[3] As a CEO, she faced accusations of helping people connected to the Prime Minister Robert Fico to buy lucrative state-owned land.[4]

Political career

Matečná became the Minister of Agriculture in 2016 as a nominee, but not a member of, the Slovak National Party. She became a member of the party in 2018. After the Slovak National Party failed to pass the representation threshold in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, she retired from politics.[5]

References

  1. "Nová ministerka Gabriela Matečná: Harmóniu vnáša do súkromia aj práce". Slovenka (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  2. Aktuality.sk. "Ministerka pôdohospodárstva Matečná vstúpila do SNS". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  3. N, Denník (2016-03-17). "Toto sú ministri vlády Fico III". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  4. a.s, Petit Press. "Nová ministerka pôdohospodárstva poslúžila aj Ficovmu susedovi". index.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  5. "Exministerka Matečná prekvapila: FOTO Po pôsobení v politike sa zdá, že má úplne iné povolanie!". Topky.sk (in Slovak). 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2022-09-26.


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