Igor Matovič
Encyclopedia
Igor Matovič is a Slovak
politician and member of the National Council
. He is a member of the Ordinary People
(OL) faction, having first won election at the 2010 election
on the Freedom and Solidarity
(SaS) list. He sat in the SaS caucus until February 2011, when he supported the opposition Smer's proposed restrictions on dual nationality.
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
politician and member of the National Council
National Council of the Slovak Republic
The National Council of the Slovak Republic , abbreviated to NR SR, is the national parliament of Slovakia. It is unicameral, and consists of 150 MPs, who are elected by universal suffrage under proportional representation every four years....
. He is a member of the Ordinary People
Ordinary People (Slovakia)
Ordinary People , abbreviated to OL, is a conservative political party in Slovakia. It ran four candidates on the list of the classical liberal Freedom and Solidarity in the 2010 election to the National Council, and all four were elected...
(OL) faction, having first won election at the 2010 election
Slovak parliamentary election, 2010
A parliamentary election took place in Slovakia on 12 June 2010. The elections were contested by eighteen parties, six of which passed the 5% threshold for sitting in parliament...
on the Freedom and Solidarity
Freedom and Solidarity
Freedom and Solidarity , abbreviated to SaS, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Slovakia. The party was established in 2009 and is led by its founder, the economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system...
(SaS) list. He sat in the SaS caucus until February 2011, when he supported the opposition Smer's proposed restrictions on dual nationality.