Erika Jurinová

Erika Jurinová
Erika Jurinová
Member of the National Council
	In office; 8 July 2010 – 5 January 2018
Personal details
Born	31 August 1971 (age 53); Nižná, Czechoslovakia
Political party	Ordinary People and Independent Personalities
Spouse	Pavol Jurina
Children	3
Education	Technical University of Liberec
Occupation	Politician, teacher

Erika Jurinová (born 31 August 1971) is a Slovak teacher and politician. In 2010–2018, she was a member of the National Council. Since 2017, she has served as the governor of the Žilina Region. She is the first, and as of 2022 only, female regional governor in Slovakia.^[1]

Early life

Jurinová studied clothing design at the Technical University of Liberec, graduating in 1994. After graduation, until 2002, she worked as a teacher at the United School in Námestovo. In 2007, she became the chief editor of a regional advertisement newspaper owned by her future political ally Igor Matovič.^[2]

Political career

National Council

In the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election Jurinová was elected on the Freedom and Solidarity. In 2010, she became the founding member of the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities party. She was reelected to the parliament in 2012 and 2016. In 2018 she resigned her seat to be able to focus on her duties as the Regional Governor.^[3]

Žilina region governor

In 2017 Jurinová became the governor by defeating the incumbent Juraj Blanár by 14 percentage points.^[1] In 2022, she comfortably retained her seat.^[4]

Personal life

Jurinová is married and has three daughters.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Prušová, Veronika (2017-11-05). "To, že som žena, pre voličov na Orave nebol problém, hovorí historicky prvá županka". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
^ "Životopis predsedníčky ŽSK". zilinskazupa.sk. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
^ "Jurinová a Viskupič sa vzdali poslaneckých mandátov". www.trend.sk (in Slovak). 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
^ Folentová, Veronika (2022-10-30). "Županka Jurinová: Bála som sa, ľudia mi v kampani vyčítali, že som z OĽaNO". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
^ https://www.zilinskazupa.sk/sk/samosprava/predsednicka-erika-jurinova/predsednicka-zsk-ing-erika-jurinova-2.html. Retrieved 7 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[:0-1] Prušová, Veronika (2017-11-05). "To, že som žena, pre voličov na Orave nebol problém, hovorí historicky prvá županka". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-07.

[ziv-2] "Životopis predsedníčky ŽSK". zilinskazupa.sk. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2022-11-07.

[3] "Jurinová a Viskupič sa vzdali poslaneckých mandátov". www.trend.sk (in Slovak). 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2022-11-07.

[4] Folentová, Veronika (2022-10-30). "Županka Jurinová: Bála som sa, ľudia mi v kampani vyčítali, že som z OĽaNO". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-07.

[5] ttps://www.zilinskazupa.sk/sk/samosprava/predsednicka-erika-jurinova/predsednicka-zsk-ing-erika-jurinova-2.html. Retrieved 7 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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