Lucia Yar
Lucia Yar | |
|---|---|
 Lucia Yar in 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Slovakia | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lucia Mrázová 15 May 1987 Snina, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Progressive Slovakia |
| Other political affiliations | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
| Alma mater | Comenius University |
Lucia Yar (née Lucia Mrázová; born 15 May 1987) is a Slovak journalist and politician of Progressive Slovakia. She was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1]
Biography
Lucia Yar was born on 15 May 1987 in Snina.[2] She is of Rusyn and Goral ancestry.[3]
Yar has been a lecturer at Comenius University and the European Security and Defence College. She also worked for the European Commission and was an advisor at the Ministry of Defence.[4]
During the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election campaign, Yar led a campaign Circle a woman, advocating for increasing the female representation in the National Council of Slovakia through preferential votes for female candidates.[5]
From 2017 until announcing her candidacy in the 2024 European Parliament elections, she worked as a journalist in the Slovak version of Euractiv.[6]
References
- ^ "Výsledky eurovolieb 2024: Kompletný zoznam zvolených europoslancov". Sme. 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Lucia YAR". www.europarl.europa.eu. 15 May 1987. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "O Lucii - Lucia Yar" (in Slovak). 6 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Rozhovor. Europoslankyňa Yar: Bratislavu východ nezaujíma". Rusyn.sk. 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Krúžkujte vo voľbách ženy, nabádajú. Očakávame kritiku, no aj veda je na našej strane, hovorí Lucia Yar (podcast)". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 31 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Zmena vo vedení redakcie EURACTIV Slovensko". euractiv.sk (in Slovak). 1 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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