Ján Budaj (born 10 February 1952) is a Slovak politician and environmental activist. He is mostly known by his participation in the Velvet Revolution. He served as the Minister of Environment from 21 March 2020, in the cabinets of Igor Matovič and Eduard Heger until the dissolution of the Heger Cabinet on 15 May 2023.[1]
Ján Budaj | |
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 Budaj in 2010 | |
| Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 21 March 2020 – 15 May 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Igor MatovičEduard Heger |
| Preceded by | Árpád Érsek |
| Succeeded by | Milan Chrenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 10, 1952 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | VPN (1989–1991)DEÚS (1994–1995)DÚ (1995–2000)Change from Below (2000–present) |
| Other political affiliations | SDK (1998–2002)OĽaNO (2016–2022)Democrats (2023–present) |
At the end of the 1970s, he founded the Temporary Society of Intensive Experience (DISP) with one of the first signatories of Charter 77 in Slovakia, Tomáš Petřivý, and the poet Vladimír Archleb. Within the framework of DISP, they created various events in the streets of Bratislava: happenings, unauthorized musical events, unofficial exhibitions, etc. In the 1980s, he worked as an ecological and civic activist, and was the compiler of the samizdat publication Bratislava/voice, published in 1987.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Nový minister životného prostredia J. Budaj si prevzal svoj rezort". Teraz.sk (in Slovak). 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ "Bratislava/nahlas". 17. november 1989 (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-13.
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