Ľuboš Blaha
Ľuboš Blaha | |
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Ľuboš Blaha in 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Slovakia | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Deputy Speaker of the National Council | |
| In office 25 October 2023 – 25 June 2024 | |
| Speaker | Peter Pellegrini Peter Žiga (acting) |
| Member of the National Council | |
| In office 4 April 2012 – 25 June 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1979 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Direction – Social Democracy (2020–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Slovakia (previously) |
| Spouse | Zuzana Blahová |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Matej Bel University (PhDr.) Comenius University (PhD) |
Ľuboš Blaha | |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | political science, political philosophy, international relations theory, imperialism studies, world-systems theory, cultural studies |
| School or tradition | Neo-Marxian economics, post-Marxism, autonomist Marxism, Marxist-Leninist anti-imperialism |
| Institutions | |
| Website | www |
Ľuboš Blaha (born 7 December 1979) is a Slovak politician, academic, post-Marxist philosopher and political scientist. He is a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, a presidium member of the left-wing populist party Direction – Slovak Social Democracy and Robert Fico's foreign-policy aide. Blaha has served as a Member of the European Parliament since 2024, having previously served as an MP of the National Council of Slovakia from 2012 to 2024.
Blaha's has described his political positions as left-wing populist, anti-capitalist and left-wing nationalist. He describes himself as an "anti-globalist neo-Marxist" in the tradition of Wallerstein's world-systems theory, Robinson's concept of global capitalism and Hardt and Negri's theory of Empire.
Blaha was member of Slovakian metal band Ethereal Pandemonium where he was active as a keyboardist.