Pavol Frešo

Pavol Frešo (born 21 April 1969) is a Slovak politician who was a chairman of SDKÚ-DS, chairman of the Bratislava Region, and member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. In the 2012 election he won 21,768 personal votes, jumping from 9th to 4th place on his party's ballot. He speaks English and Russian and has two children.

Pavol Frešo
2nd chairman of Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party
In office
19 May 2012 – 2 July 2016
Preceded byMikuláš Dzurinda
Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
In office
4 May 2012 – 2016
3th chairman of Bratislava Region
In office
2009–2017
Preceded byVladimír Bajan
Personal details
Born (1969-04-21) 21 April 1969
Bratislava, ČSSR
Political partySDKÚ-DS
Alma materUniversity of Economics in Bratislava

Life

Frešo was born on 21 April 1969 in Bratislava. He studied at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava graduated in 1992 and University of Economics in Bratislava earning a bachelor's degree (Bc.) in 1995. From 1990 until 1992 he worked as a self-employed person offering PC work lectures. From 1993 until 2006 he was president of company. He has not been active in business since 2006.

Politics
  • 1992–1993, vice-chairman of ODS, later renamed KDS
  • 2003–2005, chairman of revision and check commission of SDKÚ-DS
  • 2005–2006, vice-chairman for interior in DS
  • 2006, member of presidium of SDKÚ-DS (after DS merged with SDKÚ)
  • 17 June 2006 - elected member of National Council of the Slovak Republic for SDKÚ-DS
  • 28 November 2009 - elected chairman of Bratislava Region
  • 19 May 2012 - elected chairman of SDKÚ-DS
  • 23 November 2013 - re-elected chairman of Bratislava Region[1]

Chairman of SDKÚ-DS

Frešo announced his candidacy on 18 April 2012, a month before elections.[2] In election campaign Frešo blamed his rival Lucia Žitňanská for party's setback in last elections.[3] Frešo was considered to be candidate of regions, while Žitňanská had strong position in Bratislava. The third candidate Viliam Novotný announced candidacy shortly before election. Frešo won in the first round, but his 178 votes were insufficient for victory, so a second round took place. Two candidates advanced in second round, Frešo won distinctly with 242 votes against 142 votes for Žitňanská.

References
  1. http://volby.statistics.sk/osk/osk2013/VUC/Graf4_sk.html (in Slovak)
  2. http://www.sme.sk/c/6343098/freso-bude-kandidovat-za-predsedu-sdku.html (in Slovak)
  3. http://www.sme.sk/c/6372855/freso-vinu-za-neuspech-sdku-nesie-aj-zitnanska.html (in Slovak)

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