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Monika Jankovská
Slovak politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Monika Jankovská (born 12 January 1971) is a Slovak politician and judge. She served as State Secretary of Justice from 2012 to 2019. A member of Direction – Slovak Social Democracy, she served in the National Council from 2016 to 2020.
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Life
In 2012, Monika Jankovská is nominated as State Secretary of Justice.[1] She served under Tomáš Borec, Justice minister, where her influence grew. Despite staying in the ministry of Lucie Žitňanská in the third government of Robert Fico, her influence decreased.[2]
On 4 September 2019, she steps down from her role as State Secretary of Justice.[3] [4] A month after her resignation it emerged she had been in contact with Marian Kočner involved in the murder of Ján Kuciak.[5] Following this, she was the subject of a disciplinary motion by Gábor Gál, the Justice minister with whom she worked.[6]
She then works a judge at the Bratislava Regional Court.[5] On 28 February 2020, she is suspended as a judge.[7] In March 2020, she is sent to prison on charges corruption-related crimes, attempts to interfere with the independence of the courts, and obstruction of justice.[8] She is released from prison in March 2021.[9]
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