Jana Laššáková

Jana Laššáková
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia
In office 14 December 2017 – 30 September 2023
Member of the National Council
In office 15 October 2002 – 13 December 2017
Deputy Speaker of the National Council
In office 4 April 2012 – 23 March 2016 Serving with Miroslav Číž, Ján Figeľ, Erika Jurinová and Renáta Zmajkovičová
Speaker	Pavol Paška Herself Peter Pellegrini
Speaker of the National Council
Acting
In office 24 November 2014 – 25 November 2014
President	Andrej Kiska
Preceded by	Pavol Paška
Succeeded by	Peter Pellegrini
Personal details
Born	Jana Murcková (1952-05-22) 22 May 1952 Plavnica, Czechoslovakia
Political party	Direction – Social Democracy
Spouse	Vladimír Laššák
Children	1
Education	Comenius University

Jana Laššáková (née Murcková; born 22 May 1952) is a Slovak politician and lawyer. In 2002–2017, she was a Member of the National Council. From 2017 to 2023 she has served as a Justice of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia.

Legal career

Laššáková was born in the village of in Plavnica. She studied law at the Comenius University, graduating in 1976. After graduation she worked as an in-house counsel for various companies as well as an attorney.

Political career

Laššáková served as the Chairwoman of the Direction – Social Democracy in the Banská Bystrica region since its founding. In 2002 she became a MP. In 2012, she became the Leader of the Direction – Social Democracy caucus. In this position she gained notoriety for using thumb up/thumb down gestures to inform her fellow caucus members how they should vote.

In 2017 she was chosen a Justice of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia by the parliament. The confirmation of her appointment by president Andrej Kiska got delayed as the president was unconvinced by the expertise of the parliament's choices and requested clarification from the Constitutional Court of Slovakia as to whether he is allowed not to confirm the candidates. Upon courts' ruling confirming the president has to confirm parliament's nominees, Laššáková was confirmed. Upon joining the Constitutional Court, she gave up all her political and party functions. On 5 September 2023, she retired from the Court.