Irena Bihariová
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Irena Bihariová
| image = Irena Bihariová.jpg
| office = Member of the National Council
| term_start1 = 6 June 2020
| termend1 = 7 May 2022
| office1 = Chair of the Progressive Slovakia
| predecessor1 = Michal Truban
| successor1 = Michal Šimečka
| party = Progressive Slovakia
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|9|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Trnava, Czechoslovakia
| alma_mater = Comenius University
| term_start = 25 October 2023
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Irena Bihariová (born 15 September 1980) is a Slovak lawyer and politician. She was the leader of Progressive Slovakia from June 2020 to May 2022. In 2022, a meeting of the Progressive Slovakia party took place, where the only candidate, Michal Šimečka, ran. He was elected chairman of the Party and Irena Bihariová was elected vice-president of the Party.{{cite web|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22423552/irena-bihariova-progressive-slovakia-new-leader.html|title=Progressive Slovakia's new leader is female and Roma|website=The Slovak Spectator|date=15 June 2020|access-date=23 February 2022}}
Early life
Bihariová attended Faculty of Law at Comenius University in Bratislava, receiving a master's degree in 2009.{{Cite web|title=Osoby, ktoré získali titul na UK|url=http://absolventi.uniba.sk/searchTop.do?top_search_field=Irena+Bihariova|publisher=Univerzita Komenského|language=sk|access-date=2022-02-22|archive-date=2020-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607170411/http://absolventi.uniba.sk/searchTop.do?top_search_field=Irena+Bihariova|url-status=dead}} She identifies herself as Romani, born in an "assimilated family".{{Cite news|title=Irena Biháriová: Jak se Romka z hnutí Progresívní Slovensko obejmula s Kotlebovým voličem|url=http://www.romea.cz/cz/publicistika/komentare/irena-bihariova-jak-se-romka-z-hnuti-progresivni-slovensko-obejmula-s-kotlebovym-volicem|url-status=dead|website=romea.cz|date=25 March 2019|language=cs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302113407/http://www.romea.cz/cz/publicistika/komentare/irena-bihariova-jak-se-romka-z-hnuti-progresivni-slovensko-obejmula-s-kotlebovym-volicem|archive-date=2 March 2020}}{{Cite news|first=Karol|last=Sudor|date=9 November 2015|title=Dávajte si pozor na tú Bihariovú|url=https://dennikn.sk/286691/davajte-si-pozor-na-tu-bihariovu/|website=Denník N|language=sk}}
Since 2009, Bihariová has been leader the association People against Racism.{{Cite web|title=Mgr. Irena Bihariová|url=https://progresivne.sk/kandidatka/irena-bihariova/|website=Progressive Slovakia|language=sk}} On 29 July 2013, she became vice-chairwoman of the Committee for the Prevention and Elimination of Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Intolerance at the Ministry of the Interior. She was elected for the "National Strategy for the Protection and Support of Human Rights in Slovakia".{{Cite news|title=Novou podpredsedníčkou VRAX sa stala Irena Bihariová z OZ Ľudia proti rasizmu|url=https://www.minv.sk/?tlacove-spravy&sprava=novou-podpredsednickou-vrax-sa-stala-irena-bihariova-z-oz-ludia-proti-rasizmu|website=minv.sk|date=29 July 2023|language=sk}}
Political career
On 8 May 2019, Bihariová was elected vice president of Progressive Slovakia.{{Cite news|first=Ľuboš|last=Ondrejkovič|date=8 May 2019|title=Lídrom PS sa dnes stal Michal Truban|url=https://www.progresivne.sk/lidrom-ps-sa-dnes-stal-michal-truban/|url-status=dead|website=Progressive Slovakia|language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508163912/https://www.progresivne.sk/lidrom-ps-sa-dnes-stal-michal-truban/|archive-date=8 May 2019}} She finished fourth place during the February 2020 parliamentary elections with 46,798 votes.{{Cite news|title=
Definitívne výsledky hlasovania
|url=https://volbysr.sk/sk/data04.html|url-status=dead|website=volbysr.sk|language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924064154/https://volbysr.sk/sk/data04.html|archive-date=24 September 2016}}
On 4 March 2020, Bihariová confirmed that she would run for party chairwoman.{{Cite news|date=4 March 2020|title=Irena Bihariová bude kandidovať za predsedníčku Progresívneho Slovenska|url=https://dennikn.sk/minuta/1784301/|website=Denník N|language=sk}} During the party congress on 6 June, Bihariová defeated Michal Truban.{{Cite news|date=6 June 2020|title=Novou predsedníčkou Progresívneho Slovenska je Irena Bihariová|url=https://dennikn.sk/minuta/1784301/|website=Denník N|language=sk}} According to her, she was trying to enforce a "fragile balance between political idealism and pragmatism".{{Cite news|first=Monika|last=Tódová|date=6 June 2020|title=Predsedníčka PS Irena Bihariová: Kto, ak nie my, má búrať komplexy Slovákov|url=https://dennikn.sk/1921470/predsednicka-ps-bihariova-kto-ak-nie-my-ma-burat-komplexy-slovakov/|website=Denník N|language=sk}}
During the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, she was elected as a member of the Progressive Slovakia.{{Cite news|title=Zvolení poslanci|url=https://volby.sme.sk/parlamentne-volby/2023/vysledky/poslanci/ps|website=SME|language=sk}}
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Category:Progressive Slovakia politicians
Category:Comenius University alumni
Category:Politicians from Trnava
Category:21st-century Slovak lawyers
Category:21st-century women lawyers
Category:Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2023–2027
Category:Women members of the National Council (Slovakia)