Gábor Grendel

Gábor Grendel (born 15 July 1980) is a Slovak journalist and politician. Since 2016 he has served as a Member of the National Council. In addition, he has been a Deputy Speaker of the Council since 2020. Between 2017 and 2019 he was the Chairman of the NOVA party.

Early life
Grendel was born on 15 July 1980 in Bratislava to an intellectual family of Hungarian ethnicity. His father was a prominent writer Lajos Grendel and journalist Ágota Grendel.

In 2003 he graduated in Journalism and Hungarian language at the Comenius University.

Journalism career
Following his graduation, Grendel worked as a journalist for the Új Szó daily, Twist radio as well as TA3 and Markíza TV Channels. In 2010 he became the spokesman for the Interior Affairs minister Daniel Lipšic.

Political career
Grender was among the founders of the New Majority (NOVA) party headed by Lipšic. In the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election, NOVA ran in coalition with the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO) movement. Grender was elected an MP. He retained his seat in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, once again on the joint list with OĽaNO.

In 2017 he succeeded Lipšic as the Chairman of NOVA. He resigned in 2019 due to disagreements with other party leaders about strategic direction of the party.