Dušan Keketi (politician)

{{Short description|Slovak politician (born 1975)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|8|29|df=y}}

| office = Minister of Tourism and Sports

| predecessor = Office established

| successor = Rudolf Huliak

| primeminister = Robert Fico

| term_start = 1 February 2024

| term_end = 5 March 2025

| birth_place = Trnava, Czechoslovakia

| alma_mater = University of Economics in Bratislava

| parents = Dušan Keketi (father)

}}

Dušan Keketi (born 29 August 1975) is a Slovak manager and politician. From 2024 to 2025 he served as the first Minister of Tourism and Sport of Slovakia.

Biography

Dušan Keketi was born on 29 August 1975 in Trnava.{{Cite web |title=Historické údaje - rpvs |url=https://rpvs.gov.sk/rpvs/Partner/Partner/HistorickyDetail/1037 |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=rpvs.gov.sk}} His father is the association football functionary and former goalkeeper Dušan Keketi.{{Cite web |last= |title=Ministrom cestovného ruchu a športu sa stal Dušan Keketi |url=https://www.trnavskyhlas.sk/c/36683-ministrom-cestovneho-ruchu-a-sportu-sa-stal-dusan-keketi/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=Trnavský Hlas}} Keketi studied marketing at the University of Economics in Bratislava, graduating in 1998.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Dušan Keketi - minister športu - www.sme.sk |url=https://www.sme.sk/os/193463/dusan-keketi |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=www.sme.sk |language=sk}}

Following graduation, Keketi pursued a career in business. From 2016 to 2018 he was the chairman of the board of the state owned bank Eximbanka. From 2020 he was the head of the board of the Bratislava Airport.

Since February 2024 he was put in charge of the newly created Ministry of Tourism and Sport.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= 7 May 2024|title=Minister Keketi chce otočiť zloženie návštevníkov v prospech zahraničných, top témou je aj podpora značky Slovenska (foto) |url=https://sita.sk/minister-keketi-chce-otocit-zlozenie-navstevnikov-v-prospech-zahranicnych-top-temou-je-aj-podpora-znacky-slovenska-foto/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=SITA.sk |language=sk}}

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