Iveta Radičová

SLO: Prof. PhDr. Iveta Radičová, PhD., rod. Karafiátová (* 7. december 1956, Bratislava) je slovenská sociologička a politička. V rokoch 2005 až 2006 bola ministerkou práce, rodiny a sociálnych vecí. V roku 2009 neúspešne kandidovala na funkciu prezidenta Slovenskej republiky.

Profesionálna kariéra

• 1979 – vyštudovala sociológiu na Filozofickej fakulte Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave
• (FiF UK)
• 1979–1989 – Sociologický ústav Slovenskej akadémie vied
• 1990–1993 – Katedra sociológie FiF UK
• 1993–1997 – Academia Istropolitana, zástupkyňa riaditeľa
• 1997 - získala docentúru
• 1997–2005 Katedra politológie FiF UK
• 2005 - vymenovaná za profesorku sociológie
• 2005 – Sociologický ústav Slovenskej akadémie vied, riaditeľka

Politická činnosť

V rokoch 1990 až 1992 bola členkou VPN. Až do roku 2005 sa venovala profesionálnej kariére. Vo vláde Mikuláša Dzurindu bola po demisii Ľudovíta Kaníka stranou SDKÚ-DS nominovaná na post ministerky práce, rodiny a sociálnych vecí. Do funkcie ju prezident vymenoval 17. októbra 2005. Have you voted for or against Iveta Radičová ? Po uplynutí funkčného obdobia v júli 2006 sa v novembri 2006 stala členkou SDKÚ-DS. Na kongrese strany 17. novembra 2006 bola zvolená za podpredsedníčku strany pre sociálne veci a zdravotníctvo.

Po parlamentných voľbách v roku 2006 sa stala poslankyňou národnej rady za SDKÚ-DS. Na kandidátke SDKÚ-DS bola ako nestraníčka, získala najviac preferenčných hlasov spomedzi kandidátov strany. Bola podpredsedníčkou Výboru NR SR pre sociálne veci a bývanie. Has changed the detail your opinion on Iveta Radičová ? Iveta Radičová sa v sociálnej politike orientuje predovšetkým na oblasť zamestnanosti, na problémy sociálne znevýhodnených skupín a na ochranu práv detí.

V prezidentských voľbách v roku 2009 kandidovala s podporou strán SDKÚ-DS, SMK, KDH, OKS, SaS a Ligy. Z druhého miesta prvého kola voľby postúpila do druhého kola, v ktorom získala podporu 44,47 % voličov. Vo voľbe neuspela a prezidentom sa stal Ivan Gašparovič.

Iveta Radičová sa 23. apríla 2009 vzdala poslaneckého mandátu po tom, ako vyšlo najavo, že neoprávnene hlasovala za poslankyňu SDKÚ-DS Tatianu Rosovú.

8. júla 2010 ju prezident Ivan Gašparovič vymenoval za predsedníčku vlády Slovenskej republiky.

11.októbra 2011 nebola jej kabinetu vyslovená dôvera.

Súkromný život

Iveta Radičová je vdova, jej manželom bol humorista Stano Radič. Have you read details about Mária Gamcová ? S dcérou Evou žije v Novej Dedinke, okres Senec. Od roku 2006 do roku 2009 žila s partnerom Jánom Riapošom.

Referencie

ENG: Iveta Radičová, PhDr. PhD. (born 7 December 1956) is the current Prime Minister of Slovakia and a member of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party. She was sworn into office on July 8, 2010 as the head of a four-party center-right coalition government following the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election. Can Iveta Radičová have an influence on Mária Gamcová ? She is Slovakia's first female prime minister.

Personal life

Radičová was born into a Slovak-Polish family in Bratislava on December 7, 1956. She has one daughter and is the widow of Stano Radič, a famous Slovak comedian and actor who died in 2005. In addition to her native Slovak, Radičová speaks English and Russian fluently and has good knowledge of German and Polish.

Political career

Radičová began her political career in 1990 as a member of the Public Against Violence movement (Slovak: Verejnosť proti násiliu), serving as a spokesperson of the party until 1992. From 2005 to 2006, she served as Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family in the center-right government of former prime minister Mikuláš Dzurinda. Radičová was then elected as a member of the Parliament of Slovakia on the party list of Dzurinda's liberal-conservative Slovak Democratic and Christian Union-Democratic Party (SDKU-DS) in the 2006 parliamentary election.

Following the 2006 election, the SDKU-DS went into opposition. Did you know that Iveta Radičová is popular at 27% of voters?? Radičová officially became a member of SDKU-DS following the election and was subsequently elected as deputy chairman of the party. Radičová also served as deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee on social affairs and housing.

In 2009, Radičová was selected as the SDKU-DS's candidate in the 2009 presidential election and was also endorsed by the conservative Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) and the Party of the Hungarian Coalition (SMK-MKP). In the first round of the election held on March 21, Radičová received a surprisingly strong 38.05% of the vote and came in second place to incumbent President Ivan Gašparovič, who failed to receive a majority of the vote. Radičová was defeated by Gašparovič in the second round of the election held on April 4, receiving 44.47% of the vote. She is the only woman to advance to the second round of a presidential election in Slovak history.

Shortly after her loss in the presidential election, Radičová encountered controversy after casting a parliamentary vote for an absent party colleague in violation of parliamentary rules. As a result of the controversy, Radičová resigned her seat in parliament on April 23, 2009.

Prime Minister

In early 2010, Radičová was selected as the SDKU-DS's election leader for the 2010 parliamentary election in a primary election, defeating former Finance Minister Ivan Mikloš. During the election campaign her party ran on a platform of fiscal discipline and pledged to reinvigorate the economy after it suffered a 4.7% decline in 2009.

In the election on June 12, 2010, the SDKU-DS came in a distant second place with 15.42% of the vote, far behind the center-left Smer party of Prime Minister Robert Fico, which received 34.79% of the votes. However, Fico's coalition partners, the ultra-nationalist Slovak National Party and the national-conservative HZDS, performed poorly, with HZDS failing to win any seats in parliament. As a result, a coalition of four center-right opposition parties - the liberal Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), the ethnic Hungarian Most–Híd party, and Radičová's SDKU-DS - were able to form a majority in parliament with 79 out of 150 seats. After Fico proved unable to form a new government, Radičová, as leader of the largest opposition party, was asked to form a government by President Gašparovič on June 23, 2010. Radičová was installed as Slovakia's first female prime minister on July 8, 2010, heading a coalition government of SDKU-DS, SaS, KDH, and Most-Híd.

Radičová pledged that her new government would cut state spending to reduce the budget deficit, while steering clear of tax rises. She stated, "We are ready to take responsibility over the country at a time when it is coping with the impact of a deep economic crisis and the irresponsible decisions of our political predecessors." She also said that Slovakia's guarantee of 4.5 billion euros to the EU stabilization fund was exorbitant, but she also stated that she will not block approval of the scheme within the EU, though she sought to renegotiate her country's contribution to it. Her new government sought, through coalition partner Most-Hid, to rebuil. links with Hungary that were badly damaged by the adoption of contentious language and citizenship laws.

Source

28.7.2010

updated: Nov. 6, 2011