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Zuzana Števulová

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Zuzana Števulová
in Washington in 2016
Member of the Slovak National Council
Assumed office
25 October 2023
Personal details
Born (1983-07-24) 24 July 1983 (age 41)
Martin, Slovakia
Political partyProgressive Slovakia
EducationPhD
OccupationLawyer, Politician
Known forhuman rights campaigner

Zuzana Števulová (born 24 July 1983)[1] is a Slovak politician, lawyer, lecturer and migrants' rights activist. She was the first Slovak to be given an International Women of Courage Award. In 2023 she was elected as an MP of the National Council of Slovakia.[2]

Life

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Števulová was born in Slovakia in 1983. She is lecturer at the University of Trnava in Slovakia. She helped create the Integration Policy for the Slovak Republic.[3]

She had campaigned for the rights of refugees and migrants arriving in Europe and in 2016 she was the first Slovak to be given an International Women of Courage Award in Washington DC.[4] She has won important cases to overturn refusals in Slovakia to grant political asylum and to support the rights of the migrants in her country.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Poslanci : Zoznam poslancov : JUDr. Zuzana Števulová - Národná rada Slovenskej republiky". www.nrsr.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Toto sú noví poslanci zvolení do parlamentu". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). 2 October 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. ^ Zuzana Stevulova, migrationonline.cz, Retrieved 15 July 2016
  4. ^ Zuzana Števulová receives International Women of Courage Award, Human Rights League of Slovakia, Retrieved 15 July 2016
  5. ^ Biographies, State.gov, Retrieved 15 July 2016