Zuzana Dolinková
{{Short description|Slovak politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Zuzana Dolinková
| image = Zuzana Dolinková EPSCO 30-11-2023 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Dolinková in 2023
| primeminister = Robert Fico
| office = Minister of Health
| termstart = 25 October 2023
| termend = 10 October 2024
| predecessor = Michal Palkovič
| successor = Kamil Šaško
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|1|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia
| party = Voice – Social Democracy (2021–present)
| children = 2
| otherparty = Good Choice (2019–2020)
}}
Zuzana Dolinková (born 20 January 1983) is a Slovak lawyer and politician. She has served as the Minister of Health of Slovakia from October 2023 to October 2024.
Early life
Dolinková was born on 20 January 1983 in Topoľčany.{{Cite web|title=Zuzana Dolinková|url=https://www.sme.sk/os/171636/zuzana-dolinkova|website=Sme|publisher=Petit Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026184731/https://www.sme.sk/os/171636/zuzana-dolinkova |access-date=15 October 2024|archive-date=26 October 2023 |language=sk}} She graduated in law from the Comenius University in 2007,{{Cite web|title=Absolventi|url=https://absolventi.uniba.sk/sk|website=Comenius University|access-date=15 October 2024|language=sk}} after which she practiced law in the private sector. From 2015 to 2021, Dolinková led the Association of Outpatient Providers (Zväz ambulantných poskytovateľov), a union of private providers of healthcare.{{Cite web|title=Zväz ambulantných poskytovateľov má novú prezidentku, Dolinková sa vzdala funkcie |url=https://mediweb.hnonline.sk/zdn/spravy/3863775-zvaz-ambulantnych-poskytovatelov-ma-novu-prezidentku-dolinkova-sa-vzdala-funkcie|newspaper=Hospodárske noviny|date=23 June 2021|access-date=16 November 2023|language=sk}}
Career
In the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, Dolinková failed to run for the parliament on the list of the Good Choice party, which failed to pass the representation threshold. As the healthcare expert of the party, she supported continuing the construction of the new hospital at Rázsochy.{{Cite web|title=Kto je nová šéfka zdravotníctva? Dolinková prisľúbila, že zatočí so ziskami zdravotných poisťovní |url=https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/685917-dolinkova-prislubila-ze-zatoci-so-zdravotnymi-poistovnami-nie-su-to-obchodne-spolocnosti-tvrdi/|website=Pravda|date=23 October 2023|access-date=16 November 2023|language=sk}}
Following the merger of Good Choice with Voice – Social Democracy, Dolinková ran on the Voice list in the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, joining the government as Minister of Health. She won a seat but did not become MP due to Slovak constitutional requirement forbidding government ministers to also serve as MPs.
On 4 October 2024, Dolinková announced her resignation as Health minister due to austerity measures approved by government impacting health service.{{Cite web|title=Ministerka zdravotníctva Z. Dolinková podáva demisiu, nesúhlasí s konsolidačnými opatreniami.|url=https://spravy.rtvs.sk/2024/10/ministerka-zdravotnictva-zuzana-dolinkova-oznamila-ze-poda-demisiu/|website=Slovak Television and Radio|date=4 October 2024|language=sk}} Wages of doctors were supposed to increase by 9,66% in 2025 but would increase only by 3% due to the measures, meaning that there will not be any rise in real wages due to inflation.{{Cite web|title=Konsolidácia dostala v parlamente zelenú. Prichádza čas uťahovania opaskov.|url=https://www.trend.sk/ekonomika/konsolidacia-dostala-parlamente-zelenu-prichadza-cas-utahovania-opaskov|website=Trend.sk|date=3 October 2024|language=sk}} This move was opposed by doctor's and nurse's unions.{{Cite web|title=Zástupcovia lekárov a sestier odmietajú schválené konsolidačné opatrenia.|url=https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/03aRaQI/zastupcovia-lekarov-a-sestier-odmietaju-schvalene-konsolidacne-opatrenia/|website=Aktuality.sk|date=3 October 2024 |publisher=Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia|language=sk}}
Personal life
Dolinková is divorced and has two children.{{Cite web|title=Koniec tajomstva: Rozvedená Dolinková z Pellegriniho strany ukázala svojho exmanžela|url=https://plus7dni.pluska.sk/domov/rozvedena-dolinkova-ukazala-otca-svojich-deti-koho-podobaju|website=Plus jeden deň|publisher=News and Media Holding|date=14 June 2022|access-date=16 November 2023|language=sk}}
References
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{{Government of Slovakia 2023-2027}}
{{Ministers of Health in Slovakia}}
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Category:People from Topoľčany
Category:Good Choice politicians
Category:Voice – Social Democracy politicians
Category:Health ministers of Slovakia