Boris Susko
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Boris Susko
| image = Boris-Susko-2024.jpg
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| office1 = Minister of Justice
| primeminister1 = Robert Fico
| termstart1 = 25 October 2023
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| predecessor1 = Jana Dubovcová
| office2 = Member of the National Council
| termend2 = 25 October 2023
| termstart2 = 21 March 2020
| termend3 = 23 March 2016
| termstart3 = 4 April 2012
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|5|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
| party = Direction – Social Democracy
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| spouse =
| children = 1
| office4 = State Secretary of Environment
| termstart4 = 2016
| termend4 = 2020
| 1blankname4 = Minister
| 1namedata4 = László Sólymos
Árpád Érsek (acting)
| relations = Peter Susko (Brother)
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Boris Susko (born 26 May 1970) is a Slovak politician and lawyer who serves as the Minister of Justice of Slovakia.
Biography
In 1995, Susko graduated in law from the Comenius University, where he also obtained a PhD. in criminal law in 2002. Following graduation, Susko taught at the Comenius University and Danubius University. Between 2005 and 2023 he was also active as an attorney.{{Cite web|title=Minister spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky: JUDr. Boris Susko, PhD.|url=https://www.justice.gov.sk/ministerstvo/predstavitelia-mssr/minister/|publisher=Minister of Justice of Slovakia|access-date=19 January 2025|language=sk}}
In 2012 Slovak parliamentary election he won a seat in the National Council of Slovakia on the list of the Direction – Social Democracy (SMER-SD) party.{{Cite web|title=Voľby 12: Zoznam poslancov zvolených do Národnej rady SR|url=https://www.nrsr.sk/web/Default.aspx?sid=udalosti/udalost&MasterID=51692|publisher=National Council of Slovakia|access-date=19 January 2025|language=sk}} From 2016 to 2020, he served as a state secretary at the Ministry of Environment.{{Cite web|title=Vedenie|url=http://www.minzp.sk/ministerstvo/vedenie/|publisher=Minister of Environment of Slovakia|access-date=19 January 2025|language=sk}} From 2020 until 2023, he again served as an MP.{{Cite web|title=Pozrite si, kto vás bude zastupovať v parlamente|url=https://spravy.pravda.sk/volby-2020/clanok/544155-pozrite-si-kto-vas-bude-zastupovat-v-parlamente/|website=Pravda|date=1 March 2020|access-date=13 February 2024|language=sk}}
In October 2023, Susko became Minister of Justice in the Fico's Fourth Cabinet.{{Cite web|title=Prezidentka SR vymenovala Roberta Fica do funkcie predsedu vlády SR|url=https://www.vlada.gov.sk/prezidentka-sr-vymenovala-roberta-fica-do-funkcie-predsedu-vlady-sr/|publisher=National Council of Slovakia|date=25 October 2023|access-date=19 January 2025|language=sk}}
References
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Category:Politicians from Bratislava
Category:Direction – Social Democracy politicians
Category:21st-century Slovak lawyers
Category:Comenius University alumni
Category:Academic staff of Comenius University
Category:Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2012–2016
Category:Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2020–2023