Ján Lunter

Biography

Lunter studied Cybernetics at the School of Electrical Engineering at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. and officially entered the race in April 2017. By the end of August, Lunter had gained the support of Peter Pellegrini of Direction - Social Democracy, and later won support from Most–Híd and Progressive Slovakia. As candidates from other parties withdrew, many gave support to Lunter, including Martin Klus, who withdrew on 3 October; and Viliam Baňák, who withdrew on 4 October. By November, Lunter had support of all parties excluding the far-right Kotleba - People's Party Our Slovakia (the party of incumbent governor Marian Kotleba).