Andrea Kalavská

Andrea Kalavská
Minister of Health
In office 22 March 2018 – 17 December 2019
Prime Minister	Peter Pellegrini
Preceded by	Tomás Drucker
Succeeded by	Peter Pellegrini (acting) Marek Krajčí
Personal details
Born	(1977-11-18) 18 November 1977 (age 47) Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
Spouse	Erich Kalavský
Children	1
Education	Comenius University University of Trnava Slovak Medical University

Andrea Kalavská, (née Augustínová; born 28 November 1977) is a Slovak physicist and politician. She served as the Minister of Health between 2018 and 2019. Prior to that she served as a State Secretary at the Health Ministry under minister Tomáš Drucker. On 9 December 2019, she resigned after her healthcare reform proposals failed the approval process in the parliament. Following the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, she served as a special advisor to the Prime Minister Igor Matovič for handling the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Early life

Kalavská graduated in medicine from the Comenius University in 2003. She obtained her Phd in public health from the University of Trnava and Master of Health Administration from the Slovak Medical University. As a doctor, she worked at hospitals in Trnava and Bratislava. She teaches at the Slovak Medical University.

References

1. "Kalavská vysvetlila, prečo podala demisiu. Najväčší problém mala s Ficom". hnonline.sk (in Slovak). 11 December 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2022.