Boris Susko

Boris Susko
Boris Susko
Minister of Justice
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 October 2023
Prime Minister	Robert Fico
Preceded by	Jana Dubovcová
Member of the National Council
	In office; 21 March 2020 – 25 October 2023
	In office; 4 April 2012 – 23 March 2016
State Secretary of Environment
	In office; 2016–2020
Minister	László Sólymos; Árpád Érsek (acting)
Personal details
Born	26 May 1970 (age 54); Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Political party	Direction – Social Democracy
Relations	Peter Susko (Brother)
Children	1

Boris Susko (born 26 May 1970) is a Slovak politician and lawyer who serves as the Minister of Justice of Slovakia.

Biography

Boris Susko was born on 26 May 1970 in Bratislava. In 1995 he graduated in law from the Comenius University, where he also obtained a PhD. in criminal law in 2002. Following graduation, Susko taught at the Comenius University and Danubius University. Between 2005 and 2023 he was also active as an attorney.^[1]

In 2012 Slovak parliamentary election he won a seat in the National Council of Slovakia on the list of the Direction – Social Democracy (SMER-SD) party.^[2] From 2016 to 2020 he served as a state secretary at the Ministry of Environment.^[3] From 2020 until 2023, he again served as an MP.^[4]

In October 2023, Susko became the Justice minister in the Fico's Fourth Cabinet.^[5]

References

^ "Minister spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky: JUDr. Boris Susko, PhD". Ministerstvo spravodlivosti SR. 2023.
^ "VOĽBY12: Zoznam poslancov zvolených do Národnej rady SR". Národná rada SR.
^ "Vedenie". Ministerstvo životného prostredia SR.
^ "Pozrite si, kto vás bude zastupovať v parlamente". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ "Prezidentka SR vymenovala Roberta Fica do funkcie predsedu vlády SR". Úrad vlády SR. 2023-10-25.

[ms-bio-1] "Minister spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky: JUDr. Boris Susko, PhD". Ministerstvo spravodlivosti SR. 2023.

[2] "VOĽBY12: Zoznam poslancov zvolených do Národnej rady SR". Národná rada SR.

[mzp-bio-3] "Vedenie". Ministerstvo životného prostredia SR.

[4] "Pozrite si, kto vás bude zastupovať v parlamente". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

[5] "Prezidentka SR vymenovala Roberta Fica do funkcie predsedu vlády SR". Úrad vlády SR. 2023-10-25.

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v t e Fourth Cabinet of Robert Fico
Prime Minister	Robert Fico
Deputy Prime Minister	Robert Kaliňák Denisa Saková Tomáš Taraba Peter Kmec
Ministers	Juraj Blanár (Foreign Affairs) Ladislav Kamenický (Finance) Matúš Šutaj Eštok (Interior) Robert Kaliňák (Defence) Denisa Saková (Economy) Boris Susko (Justice) Richard Raši (Regions) Zuzana Dolinková (Health) Jozef Ráž (Transport) Richard Takáč (Agriculture) Erik Tomáš (Labor) Tomáš Taraba (Environment) Tomáš Drucker (Education) Martina Šimkovičová (Culture) Dušan Keketi (Tourism and Sport)