Michal Šimečka
Michal Šimečka | |
|---|---|
Šimečka in 2023 | |
| Deputy Speaker of the National Council | |
| In office 25 October 2023 – 17 September 2024 | |
| Speaker | Peter Pellegrini Peter Žiga (acting) |
| Member of the National Council | |
| Assumed office 25 October 2023 | |
| Vice-President of the European Parliament | |
| In office 18 January 2022 – 17 October 2023 Serving with See List | |
| President | Roberta Metsola |
| Succeeded by | Martin Hojsík |
| Member of the European Parliament for Slovakia | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 24 October 2023 | |
| Chairman of Progressive Slovakia | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Irena Bihariová |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1984 |
| Party | Progressive Slovakia (2017–present) |
| Education | Charles University (BA) St Antony's College, Oxford (MPhil) Nuffield College, Oxford (DPhil) |
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Michal Šimečka (born 10 May 1984) is a Slovak politician, journalist, and researcher, who served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament between 2022 and 2023. He also became a Member of the European Parliament between 2019 and 2023. In 2020, Šimečka was elected vice-president of the European political group Renew Europe. He is a co-founder of the social-liberal Progressive Slovakia party, leading it from 2022. He is currently an opposition leader against the Fico government.