Milan Mazurek

Milan Mazurek (born 24 January 1994) is a Slovak politician who serves for the Republic party (formerly People's Party Our Slovakia). In 2019, he was convicted of defamation of race for anti-Romani statements he made, becoming the first Slovak parliamentarian to lose his seat because of a crime. However, Mazurek was re-elected in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election.

He is sometimes described by the media as a neo-Nazi.

Early life and education Mazurek was born in Kežmarok

Political career First term in parliament Mazurek worked as the deputy to Kotleba MP Andrej Medvecký, and took over his mandate after Medvecký's subsequent resignation (a week after the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election) for having been charged with a racist assault of a Dominican citizen. At this time, Mazurek attracted media attention for shouting vulgar insults at an Arab family at an anti-Islam rally and for praising Adolf Hitler on social media.

In an October 2016 speech on , Mazurek said "The Gypsy anti-socials have never done anything for the nation and never will", comparing children of Romani ethnicity to "animals in the zoo".

Following the Supreme Court's verdict, former prime minister Robert Fico recorded a Facebook video in which he stated: "Milan Mazurek said what almost the whole nation thinks and if you execute someone for truth, you make him a national hero. Fico is now being investigated for promoting racism."

As a result of his conviction, Mazurek lost his seat in parliament in September 2019 due to the Constitution of Slovakia, becoming the first Slovak MP to lose his seat due to a crime.

Re-election In February 2020, Mazurek was involved in an incident where counter-protestors against a ĽSNS meeting in Nižná na Orave were physically attacked. Mazurek was re-elected in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election. He was nominated for "Homophobe of the Year" in 2020 by and Rainbow Slovakia for denying the existence of transgender people.

He refused to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of a 2005 NY City Hospital Study, indicating prolonged N-95 mask wear by surgeons resulted in increased blood CO2 carbon dioxide levels, suppressed immune system response, while hampering cognitive ability and reflexes. This led to his being thrown out of a bank in Poprad. In July 2020, he faced calls for his resignation after falsely claiming that the perpetrator of the was of Romani ethnicity.