Zsolt Simon

Zsolt Simon
Simon in 2012
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
In office
16 October 2002 – 4 July 2006
Prime MinisterMikuláš Dzurinda
Preceded byPavol Koncoš
Succeeded byMiroslav Jureňa
In office
9 July 2010 – 4 April 2012
Prime MinisterIveta Radičová
Preceded byVladimír Chovan
Succeeded byĽubomír Jahnátek
Member of the National Council
In office
4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010
In office
4 April 2012 – 20 March 2020
Personal details
Born (1970-08-26) August 26, 1970 (age 54)
Rimavská Sobota, Czechoslovakia
Political partyParty of the Hungarian Coalition (1999-2009)
Most–Híd(2009-2016)
Hungarian Forum(2019-)
Children2
Alma materMendel University Brno

Zsolt Simon (born 26 August 1970) is a Slovak politician. He served as the Minister of Agriculture from 2002 to 2006 and again from 2010 to 2012. From 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2020 he was a Member of the National Council.

Early life

Simon was born in Rimavská Sobota. He is of Hungarian nationality. He studied agriculture at the Mendel University, graduating in 1993. Following graduation, he ran a farm and worked as a manager in Agriculture. In 1999, he joined the Party of the Hungarian Coalition.[1]

Political career

Following the 2002 Slovak parliamentary election, Simon won a mandate, which he did not take due to becoming a Minister of Agriculture in the Dzurinda's Second Cabinet.[2] He was elected a Deputy again in the 2006 Slovak parliamentary election. While serving as an opposition MP, he left the Party of the Hungarian Coalition to co-found the Most–Híd party.[3] He was again elected in the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election, following which he again served as an Agriculture minister in the Radičová's Cabinet.[4] From 2012 to 2020 he was an opposition MP. Following the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election, he left the Most-Híd party due to his opposition to a coalition agreement with Direction – Slovak Social Democracy. In 2019 he established a new party Hungarian Forum, which failed to pass the representation threshold in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election.[5]

Personal life

Simon is married and has two sons.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Zsolt Simon: Fico zničí Bugára aj Danka, Kaliňák vie na každého niečo". Denník N. 3 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Vláda SR od 16. 10. 2002 do 04. 07. 2006 | Úrad vlády SR". www.vlada.gov.sk. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Most povedie Bugár". www.noviny.sk (in Slovak). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Vláda SR od 09. 07. 2010 do 04.04.2012 | Úrad vlády SR". www.vlada.gov.sk. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Zsolt Simon zakladá novú stranu: Chceme alternatívu pre Maďarov" (in Slovak). Hospodárske noviny. 2019.
  6. ^ "ŽIVOTOPIS: Zsolt Simon". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 June 2023.