Gabriel Palacka
{{Short description|Slovak politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Gabriel Palacka
| order = Minister of Transport and Construction
| term_start = 30 October 1998
| term_end = 11 August 1999
| primeminister = Mikuláš Dzurinda
| predecessor = Ján Jasovský
| successor =Jozef Macejko
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1960|11|7|mf=y}}
| birth_place =Komárno, Czechoslovakia (present day Slovakia)
| death_date =
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| spouse = Eleonóra Valentová
| children = 2
| education = Comenius University
| constituency =
| party = Christian Democratic Movement
Slovak Democratic Coalition
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party
| signature =
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Gabriel Palacka (born 7. November 1960 in Komárno){{Cite web |title=RNDr. Gabriel Palacka |url=https://www.nrsr.sk/web/Default.aspx?sid=poslanci/poslanec&PoslanecID=151&CisObdobia=2}}{{cite web |title=Gabriel Palacka: Neviem, prečo práve ja |url=https://www.trend.sk/spravy/gabriel-palacka-neviem-preco-prave-ja |website=www.trend.sk |access-date=12 September 2022 |language=sk |date=24 September 2003}} is a Slovak politician, long term MP of the National Council, who shortly served as the Minister of Transportation from 1998 to 1999.
Early life
Palacka studied computing at the Comenius University and the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. In the early 1990s, he worked as a consultant in advisory firm MESA 10 and pursued additional studies at the Georgetown University.
Political career
In 1994 he became an MP of the National Council on the list of Christian Democratic Movement.In 1994 he shortly served as state secretary at the Ministry of Privatization in the technocratic government of Jozef Moravčík. In 1998 he became the Minister of Transport but had to soon resign due to corruption allegations associated with privatization of Slovak Telekom, auctioning of GSM 1800 licenses and the operations of Slovak Airlines.{{cite web |title=VIDEO: Prezident vymenoval Á. Érseka za ministra dopravy |url=https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/prezident-vymenoval-a-erseka-za-minis/215181-clanok.html |website=TERAZ.sk |access-date=12 September 2022 |language=sk |date=31 August 2016}}{{Cite web |last=a.s |first=Petit Press |title=Palacka predsa len bude euroúradníkom v Európskej banke pre obnovu a rozvoj |url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/1094666/palacka-predsa-len-bude-eurouradnikom-v-europskej-banke-pre-obnovu-a-rozvoj.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=domov.sme.sk |language=sk}} He remained an MP until the end of his term in 2002. In 2003 he retired from politics to take a job at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.{{cite web |title=Palacka abdikoval na členstvo v Prezídiu SDKÚ |url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/1162174/palacka-abdikoval-na-clenstvo-v-prezidiu-sdku.html |website=domov.sme.sk |access-date=12 September 2022 |language=sk}}
References
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Category:Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party politicians
Category:Slovak Democratic Coalition politicians
Category:Christian Democratic Movement politicians
Category:Comenius University alumni
Category:Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1994-1998
Category:Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1998–2002