Andrea Kalavská
Andrea Kalavská | |
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Minister of Health | |
In office 22 March 2018 – 17 December 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Peter Pellegrini |
Preceded by | Tomás Drucker |
Succeeded by | Peter Pellegrini (acting) Marek Krajčí |
Personal details | |
Born | Trenčín, Czechoslovakia | 18 November 1977
Spouse | Erich Kalavský |
Children | 1 |
Education | Comenius University University of Trnava Slovak Medical University |
Andrea Kalavská, (née Augustínová; born 28 November 1977) is a Slovak physicist and politician. She served as the Minister of Health between 2018 and 2019. Prior to that she served as a State Secretary at the Health Ministry under minister Tomáš Drucker. On 9 December 2019, she resigned after her healthcare reform proposals failed the approval process in the parliament. Following the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, she served as a special advisor to the Prime Minister Igor Matovič for handling the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Early life
[edit]Kalavská graduated in medicine from the Comenius University in 2003. She obtained her Phd in public health from the University of Trnava and Master of Health Administration from the Slovak Medical University. As a doctor, she worked at hospitals in Trnava and Bratislava. She teaches at the Slovak Medical University.
References
[edit]- ^ "Kalavská vysvetlila, prečo podala demisiu. Najväčší problém mala s Ficom". hnonline.sk (in Slovak). 11 December 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2022.