Who is Andrej Danko?

Andrej Danko was born in 1974 in the central Slovak town of Revúca.

Andrej DankoAndrej Danko (Source: TASR)

He graduated from the law school of the Comenius University in Bratislava. After graduation he went on to work as a lawyer, and later an independent attorney.

Danko has been active in politics since 2006 when he started as MP assistant. In 2010-2012 he served as the first deputy chair of the Slovak National Party (SNS) under Ján Slota, and in 2012 he replaced Slota as chairman.

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He ran from the top post of his party’s slate in the March 5 election in which his party made it back to the parliament.

Source: SITA

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