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Veronika Remišová
Visit of Veronika Rémišová, Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Investments, Regional development and Informatization, to the European Commission 02 (18-11-2021) (cropped).jpg
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
In office
1 July 2020 – 15 May 2023
Serving with Eduard Heger, Richard Sulík, Igor Matovič and Štefan Holý
Prime Minister Igor Matovič
Eduard Heger
Minister of Regional Development, Investment and Informatization
In office
1 July 2020 – 15 May 2023
Prime Minister Igor Matovič
Eduard Heger
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Peter Balík
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
for Investment and Informatization
In office
21 March 2020 – 1 July 2020
Prime Minister Igor Matovič
Preceded by Richard Raši
Succeeded by Position vanished
Member of the National Council
In office
23 March 2016 – 21 March 2020
Personal details
Born
Veronika Belošovičová

(1976-05-31) 31 May 1976 (age 48)
Žilina, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political party Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (2016–2019)
For the People
(2019–present)
Alma mater Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (Mgr. art.)
Sorbonne University (M.A.)

Veronika Remišová (born 31 May 1976) is a Slovak politician who serves as the current Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic and the Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic. In 2016, she stood for the National Council as a member of Ordinary People. In 2019, Remišová left the party and joined Andrej Kiska's For the People.

Early life and education

Remišová graduated from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, receiving DEA diploma. She also received a Certificate in Coaching from the University of Cambridge. Remišová worked at the translation department of the European Commission in Luxembourg, managing the European program for youth and education policies.

Political career

In the 2014 Slovak municipal elections, Remišová received 507 votes as a member of OĽaNO. She later became a candidate 2014 European Parliament election, but was not elected to the European Parliament.

In the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Remišová was appointed as the leader of the OĽANO candidate. She finished third place after receiving 71,618 preferential votes behind Igor Matovič and Daniel Lipšic.

In the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, Remišová ran in second place as a For the People candidate, receiving 81,395 votes and maintaining second place in the party. She was perceived as Kiska's successor. After the elections, Remišová stated: "I want the vision that Kiska set to live on, so we will be a modern European center party. There is no such central alternative on the political scene, we are the only such alternative."

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