Marian Kotleba

Marian Kotleba
Governor of Banská Bystrica Region
In office
24 November 2013 – 4 December 2017
Preceded byVladimír Maňka
Succeeded byJán Lunter
Member of the National Council
In office
2016–2022
Personal details
Born (1977-04-07) 7 April 1977 (age 47)
Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partyPeople's Party Our Slovakia
(Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko)
SpouseFrederika Pospíšilová (div. 2019)
Alma materMatej Bel University

Marian Kotleba (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmari.aŋ ˈkɔtleba]; born 7 April 1977) is a Slovak politician and leader of the far-right, neo-Nazi[1][2][3] political party Kotlebists – People's Party Our Slovakia (Slovak: Kotlebovci – Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko).[4]

He served as the governor of Banská Bystrica Region from 2013 to 2017. He was a presidential candidate in the 2019 election, in which he finished fourth.

  1. ^ Foy, Henry (March 7, 2016). "party makes an electoral breakthrough in Slovakia". Financial Times.
  2. ^ "Rise of proudly-neo-Nazi party unnerves a European nation". CBS News. November 18, 2016.
  3. ^ Cunningham, Benjamin (3 June 2016). "5 takeaways from Slovakia's election". POLITICO. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. ^ "TA3 pozvala do živého vysielania Mariana Kotlebu". Ta3. Retrieved 24 November 2013.