Jaroslav Paška (20 June 1954 – 15 July 2021) was a Slovak politician.[1] A member of the Slovak National Party (SNS), he served in the National Council of Slovakia from 1994 to 2002, 2006 to 2009, and 2016 to 2020. He also served in the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014,[2] during which he was a member of Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy. Prior to serving in politics, he had a career as an architect and spoke French and Russian.[3] He had begun serving as Vice-President of the SNS in 1999.[4]

Jaroslav Paška
Member of the National Council of Slovakia
In office
2016–2020
In office
2006–2009
In office
1994–2002
Member of the European Parliament
In office
14 July 2009 – 30 June 2014
ConstituencySlovakia
Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
In office
2 October 2006 – 28 September 2009
ConstituencySlovakia
Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport [sk]
In office
10 November 1993 – 15 March 1994
Preceded byRoman Kováč [sk]
Succeeded byĽubomír Harach [sk]
Personal details
Born20 June 1954
Banská Štiavnica, Czechoslovakia
Died15 July 2021(2021-07-15) (aged 67)
NationalitySlovak
Political partySNS

References

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  1. ^ "Zomrel bývalý minister školstva a europoslanec Jaroslav Paška". Správy RTVS (in Slovak). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Výsledky volieb do Európskeho parlamentu 2009". sns.sk (in Slovak). 7 June 2009. Archived from the original on 16 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Životopis Ing. arch. Jaroslav Paška". sns.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 30 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Jaroslav PAŠKA". European Parliament (in French). Archived from the original on 1 August 2012.