Mária Kolíková

Mária Kolíková is a Slovak politician who currently serves as an MP of the National Council. From 2020 to 2022 she was justice minister of Slovakia; she was nominated by Za ľudí. She is working on reforming the judiciary system and reducing corruption by investigating corrupt justices and improving public trust in the judiciary. Kolíková previously worked in the Justice Ministry when Lucia Žitňanská was minister. In 2021, after several disagreements with the leader Veronika Remišová Kolíková left For the people. Now she figures as a nominee of Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and entered the party as a member in June 2022.^[1][2][3] In September 2022, she resigned along with other SAS ministers due to disagreements with political decisions of Igor Matovič and returned to the Parliament where she joined the Freedom and Solidarity caucus.^[4][5]

Mária Kolíková
Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 September 2022
Minister of Justice
In office 1 April 2021 – 13 September 2022
President	Zuzana Čaputová
Prime Minister	Eduard Heger
Preceded by	Veronika Remišová (acting)
Succeeded by	Viliam Karas
In office 21 March 2020 – 23 March 2021
President	Zuzana Čaputová
Prime Minister	Igor Matovič
Preceded by	Gábor Gál
Succeeded by	Veronika Remišová (acting)
Personal details
Born	29 August 1974 Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Slovak
Political party	SaS (2022–present)
Other political affiliations	For the People (2019–2021)
Alma mater	Comenius University
Profession	lawyer