Martin Klus

After he had finished his secondary school studies in 1998 he started master's degree at the Faculty of Humanistics, University of Trnava and finished it in 2003 at the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations of Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica.[7][8] In 2004 he has gained PhDr title followed by postgraduate studies in between 2004 and 2007 attaining PhD in Theory of Politics at the same institution.

Since 2003 Klus has been a university lecturer and researcher in the field of Political sciences, public administration, European studies, lobbying and political marketing.[9]

Between the years 2003 and 2008 he was professional fellow and lecturer at the Department of Public Policy and Public Administration and the Department of Economy at the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations of Matej Bel University. After habilitation in 2008 he has become an assistant professor. In 2012 he has obtained MBA at the Sales Manager Academy in Vienna. He was lecturing, as a hosting assistant professor, in Sládkovičovo, Kolín and Brno in the Czech Republic, but also in Poland at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. In 2010 he was vice-rector for international and public relations and publications, and lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. He held the same position in November and December 2014, but at the Matej Bel University, and Department of Economics and Regional Development, Faculty of Economy. Since 2015 he has been assistant professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Trnava.[7]

In municipal elections 2010 he has achieved 1056 votes in 7th Banska Bystrica precinct and became first Substitute representative, one place ahead from Marian Kotleba. On 15 November 2014 he has achieved the highest vote in Rudlová-Sásova precinct, gaining 1734 votes and becoming the representative of City of Banská Bystrica[10] with 7th strongest mandate overall.[11]

He has announced official cooperation with Freedom and Solidarity political party in December 2014, acting as an expert on foreign policy and political system.[12] Later in December of the same year he abdicated the vice-rector seat of Matej Bel University, with effect from 1 January 2015.[13]

In 2016 he has run for parliamentary election registered under Freedom and Solidarity candidates list. The party gained 315 558 votes (12.1%) with 21 513 votes of preference for Martin Klus, which ensured him the seat of Member of the National Council of The Slovak Republic.[14] Presently, he is Vice Chairman of the National Council European Affairs Committee and Member of the National Council Foreign Affairs Committee.[15]

On 31 March 2017 Klus announced his campaign for the Governor of Banskobystrický region election taking place in November 2017.[16] At the end of June 2017 he gained broad support of the opposition parties including Freedom and Solidarity, Ordinary People, New Majority, Christian Democratic Movement and Civic Conservative Party. On 3 October 2017, based on pre-election polls, he fulfilled his promise to not divide votes of candidates from democratic camp and stepped down from the campaign and in favor of Ján Lunter,[17] who defeated, by the time incumbent, Marian Kotleba, leader of extremist Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia, by a large margin.

Martin Klus was elected the Chairman of Sloboda a Solidarita (Liberty and Solidarity) caucus on October 10th, 2019 after exodus of few members. On October 16th, 2019 he has been also elected as the Deputy Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic by a constitutional majority in the plenary to fill the post left empty by Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, elected to European Parliament in June that year. Since October 13th, 2019 he held the position of Vice Chairman of the NATO PA Subcommittee on NATO Partnership, as the first Slovak appointee in such position.

Since the parliamentary elections in 2020, he has been State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic.