Martin Glváč

Martin Glváč (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmartiŋ ˈɡl̩ʋaːtʂ]) born 20 November 1967) is a Slovak politician for the Direction - Social Democracy (Slovak: Smer-SD). He was Minister of Defence in Fico's Second Cabinet from 2012 to 2016.^[1] and a Deputy Speaker of the National Council between 2016 and 2020. He did not run again in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election.^[2]

Martin Glváč
Martin Glváč (2015)
Minister of Defence
In office 4 April 2012 – 23 March 2016
Prime Minister	Robert Fico
Preceded by	Iveta Radičová (acting)
Succeeded by	Peter Gajdoš
Deputy Speaker of the National Council
In office 23 March 2016 – 7 November 2019 Serving with Béla Bugár, Andrej Hrnčiar, Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová and Martin Klus
Speaker	Andrej Danko
Member of the National Council
In office 23 March 2016 – 20 March 2020
Personal details
Born	(1967-11-20) 20 November 1967 (age 57)
Political party	Direction – Slovak Social Democracy
Children	1
Education	Comenius University

In 2019, Glváč's communication with Marián Kočner, accused and later sentenced of serious crimes, and Kočner's close associate Alena Zsuzsová, who referred to Glváč as "Maznák" ("Cuddler") was leaked, leading to an end of Glváč's political career. ^[3][2]