Pavol Frešo


Pavol Frešo is a Slovak politician who was a chairman of SDKÚ-DS, chairman of the Bratislava Region, and member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. In the 2012 election he won 21,768 personal votes, jumping from 9th to 4th place on his party's ballot. He speaks English and Russian and has two children.

Life

Frešo was born on 21 April 1969 in Bratislava. He studied at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava graduated in 1992 and University of Economics in Bratislava earning a bachelor's degree in 1995. From 1990 until 1992 he worked as a self-employed person offering PC work lectures. From 1993 until 2006 he was president of company. He has not been active in business since 2006.

Politics

Frešo announced his candidacy on 18 April 2012, a month before elections. In election campaign Frešo blamed his rival Lucia Žitňanská for party's setback in last elections. Frešo was considered to be candidate of regions, while Žitňanská had strong position in Bratislava. The third candidate Viliam Novotný announced candidacy shortly before election. Frešo won in the first round, but his 178 votes were insufficient for victory, so a second round took place. Two candidates advanced in second round, Frešo won distinctly with 242 votes against 142 votes for Žitňanská.