Alojz Rakús

Alojz Rakús (14 May 1947 – 27 August 2023) was a Slovak psychiatrist and politician. He served as the Minister of Health in the first two democratic governments of Slovakia following the end of the Communist regime. From 1998 to 2002 he was a Member of the National Council.

Life and career Rakús was born in Trnava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), on 14 May 1947. He studied medicine at the Comenius University, graduating in 1971. In addition to Medical practice, he remained active in the academia, teaching at the Comenius University (1971–1982) and at the Slovak Medical University (from 1982 until his death). He was also a deputy of the Federal Assembly, until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. From 1998 to 2002 he again served as the MP of the National Council representing the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). and that tolerance to homosexuality could lead to more people being homosexual. In 2008, he left KDH and joined the four hardliner KDH MPs to co-found the Conservative Democrats of Slovakia.

Alojz Rakús died on 27 August 2023, at the age of 76.