Ján Slota
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| Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Slovak National Council until December 31, 1992 |
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In office July 4, 2006 – April 4, 2012 |
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In office June 25, 1992 – October 15, 2002 |
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| Mayor of the city of Žilina | |
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In office 1990–2006 |
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| Preceded by | office created |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Harman |
| Member of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia | |
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In office June 23, 1990 – June 25, 1992 |
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September 14, 1953 Lietavská Lúčka, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Slovak National Party |
Ján Slota (born 14 September 1953) is the co-founder and former president of the Slovak National Party, an extremist nationalist party. Slota as the leader of SNS entered into a coalition with Robert Fico's Smer in 2006. He was the mayor of the city of Žilina from 1990 to 2006.
Slota had emigrated to Austria in 1971, however, he returned to Slovakia after several days.
Slota became involved in politics after 1989 when the Communist party fell from power in Czechoslovakia in the Velvet Revolution. In 1990 he co-founded the SNS and was elected as a member of the Federal Assembly. Later, he was elected into the National Council of the Slovak Republic. From 1994 to 1999 he served as the leader of the SNS. After an internal crisis in the SNS in 2001, he left the party and set up his own party, the Genuine Slovak National Party. As a result of this split, none of the nationalist parties received the required 5% minimum of votes in the 2002 election. In 2003, the nationalist parties merged again, after heavy quarrels, with Slota as chairman.
Slota served as the mayor of Žilina between 1990 and 2006. He was reelected in 1994, 1998 and 2002. He was succeeded by Ivan Harman in 2006.
In the 2006 parliamentary election, Slota became an MP and his SNS joined the ruling coalition with Robert Fico's Direction - Social Democracy party and Vladimír Mečiar´s People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia. After the unsuccessful 2012 parliamentary election, he resigned as the Chairman of the party and became Honorary Chairman.
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