Ľubomír Petrák

Ľubomír Petrák
Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
In office 2006–2021
Former mayor of Hurbanova Ves
In office 1992–2021
Personal details
Born	(1961-08-06)6 August 1961 Myjava, Czechoslovakia
Died	20 February 2021(2021-02-20) (aged 59) Bratislava, Slovakia
Political party	SDĽ (until 2004) SMER-SD
Alma mater	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Ľubomír Petrák (6 August 1961 – 20 February 2021) was a Slovak politician, a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for SMER-SD and the mayor of Hurbanova Ves.

Biography

Petrák graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.^[1]

Political career

Ľubomír Petrák was the mayor of the small village Hurbanova Ves in the Senec District.^[2]

In 2002, he became the last chairman of the Party of the Democratic Left (SDĽ). On 4 December 2004, at the 10th Congress of the SDĽ in Banská Bystrica, the dissolution of the party was approved by merging with SMER as of 31 December 2004.^[3]

He was a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for SMER-SD continuously since 2006.^[4] In 2016, he became the chairman of the committee for education, science, youth, and sports, and was a member of the committee for European affairs.^[5][6]

Petrák died on 20 February 2021.^[7]

References

1. "Starosta obce". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
2. Bárdy, Peter. "Komentár Petra Bárdyho: Muž, ktorý Ficovi priniesol zlaté prasa" (in Slovak). aktuality.sk. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
3. Krno, Martin (2 February 2016). "Peter Weiss: Išlo o myšlienky a solidaritu, nik nemyslel na kariéru". zurnal.pravda.sk. Perex. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
4. Feik, Michal (20 February 2021). "Zomrel Ľubomír Petrák, dlhoročný starosta Hurbanovej Vsi". Bratislavskykraj.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
5. "Ing. Ľubomír Petrák, CSc". National Council of the Slovak Republic. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
6. "Zomrel Ľubomír Petrák, člen Správnej rady SPU". uniag.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
7. "Vo veku 59 rokov zomrel poslanec NR SR Ľ. Petrák". teraz.sk. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2024.