Gábor Gál

Gábor Gál
Minister of Justice of Slovakia
In office 22 March 2018 – 21 March 2020
Prime Minister	Peter Pellegrini
Preceded by	Lucia Žitňanská
Succeeded by	Mária Kolíková
Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
In office 15 October 2002 – 22 March 2018
Personal details
Born	(1974-11-22) 22 November 1974 (age 50) Šaľa, Czechoslovakia
Political party	Party of the Hungarian Community Most–Híd
Spouse	Zsuzsanna Gálová
Children	3
Alma mater	Comenius University in Bratislava

Gábor Gál (born 22 November 1974 in Šaľa) is a Slovak politician. From 2018 to 2020 he served as the Minister of Justice. From 2002 to 2018, he was a member of the National Council.

Background

Gál studied law at the Comenius University in 1998[1] and then worked as an attorney. In 2006 he represented the hate-crime victim Hedviga Malinova.[2]

Political career

In 2002 Gál was first elected into parliament on the list of the Party of the Hungarian Community. In 2009 he co-founded the Most–Híd party, which he represented in parliament until 2018. In 2018 he became the minister of justice, serving until the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, in which his party did not get enough votes to pass the representation threshold.[3]

In May 2022 the Slovak police accused Gál of acts of corruption during his political career.[4]

Personal life

Gál is married to Zsuzsanna Gálová, a schoolteacher. They have three children.[5][6]

References

1. "Osoby, ktoré získali titul na UK". absolventi.uniba.sk. Archived from the original on 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
2. Aktuality.sk. "Osobný profil Gábor Gál". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
3. "Ministrom spravodlivosti má byť Gábor Gál, Pellegrini súhlasí so zmenami v polícii". TREND Holding. 2018-03-19. ISSN 1336-2674. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. Prušová, Veronika; Koník, Juraj (2022-05-20). "Exministra spravodlivosti Gábora Gála obvinili z korupcie za pomoc s reštitúciou Kvietikovi". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
5. Cosculluela, Veronika (21 July 2018). "Šikovné a bohaté: Pozrite si, ktoré manželky politikov prišli k závratným majetkom". plus7dni.pluska.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
6. "Poslanec Gábor Gál sa teší zo syna Jónása, ale pôrod mu dal zabrať". www1.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 2 December 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2022.