Martin Hojsík
Martin Hojsík (born 27 January 1977 in Bratislava) is a Slovak activist, an environmental expert and a politician elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. In addition to his committee assignments, Hojsík is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals and a member of the political group Renew Europe. He is also a vice chairman of the political party Progressive Slovakia and their expert on environmental issues and sustainability.
Martin Hojsík | |
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Martin Hojsík in 2023 | |
| Vice-President of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 18 October 2023 | |
| President | Roberta Metsola |
| Member of the European Parliament for Slovakia | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 January 1977 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Political party | Progressive Slovakia |
In 2020, Hojsík appeared in the chart of American political opinion magazine Politico "20 MEPs to watch in 2020" and in the series of articles "Changemakers", where he was named as one of the MEPs, who will be the main leaders of positive changes in the fight against pesticides.
He was the Chief Program Officer (CPO) and Executive Board member of the international charity FOUR PAWS. In the past, he worked on global campaigns for ActionAid International and Greenpeace International to change corporate behavior and public policies, and on communication campaigns for Greenpeace national offices
He studied genetics at the Faculty of Natural Science at Comenius University in Bratislava and has been an environmental and social movement activist since 1993.