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Dušan Jarjabek

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Dušan Jarjabek
Member of the National Council
Assumed office
29 October 1998
Personal details
Born (1953-03-04) 4 March 1953 (age 71)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partySMER-SD (2005–ongoing)
Previously:
ĽS-HZDS (199?–2005)
EducationAcademy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

Dušan Jarjabek (born 4 March 1953 in Bratislava) is a baryton singer of opera and operetta as well as pop music, vocal coach and politician. He has served as a member of the National Council since 1998.

Music and teaching career

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Jarjabek studied signing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, graduating in 1976. Afterward, he spent one year at the Teatro del Parco in Palermo.

In1980–1991 he was a singer at the New Scene theater. In 1996–1998 he was the director of the New Scene.[1] Since 1985 he has been a singer at the Slovak National Theater Opera ensemble.

In addition to performing, Jarjabek has taught singing at the Academy of Performing Arts since 1988.[1]

Political career

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Jarjabek was elected an MP of the National Council in 1998 on the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia list, which he joined to express his support for the nationalistic policies of Vladimír Mečiar.[2] In 2005 he left the party and joined the Direction – Slovak Social Democracy over his dissatisfaction with what he perceived as tolerance of the government.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dušan Jarjabek | osobnosti.sk | životopisy, diela, tvorba, články, linky". www.szemelyisegek.hu. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  2. ^ "Jarjabek ostro kritizuje vládu! Najväčším odborníkom je podľa neho..." plus7dni.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  3. ^ "Poslanec Jarjabek odchádza z ĽS-HZDS". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 2005-04-18. Retrieved 2022-10-05.