| Marek Krajčí | |
| Birth Date: | 24 March 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Spouse: | Kamila Krajčíová |
| Children: | 6 |
| Office: | Minister of Health |
| Party: | Ordinary People |
| Term Start: | 21 March 2020 |
| Termend: | 12 March 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Peter Pellegrini |
| Successor: | Eduard Heger (acting) Vladimír Lengvarský |
| President: | Zuzana Čaputová |
| Office2: | Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic |
| Termstart2: | 23 March 2016 |
| Termend2: | 21 March 2020 |
Marek Krajčí (born 24 March 1974) is a Slovak politician.
Krajčí served as deputy in the National Council from 2016 to 2020 for the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities.[1] [2] Following his resignation, he returned to the parliament.[3]
Amidst pressure from the public and rival political parties on 11 March 2021, he announced his intentions to resign as Minister of Health of Slovakia.[4]
Krajčí ran 2016 Slovak parliamentary election from fourth place as an independent OĽaNO candidate.[5] He received 31,781 preferential votes and was elected as a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.[6]
During the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, Krajčí received 143rd place on the OĽANO candidate list.[7] He received 35,515[8] preferential votes and was elected.[9] On 21 October 2020, Krajčí served as Minister of Health of Slovakia in Matovič's Cabinet.[10]
In 2020, Krajčí managed to enforce a strict curfew and approve a COVID-19 machine.[11] However, the situation did not improve for two months as expected.[12]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Krajčí deployed Peter Stachura to manage the reprofiling of the hospital bed pool.[13] Krajčí made sure affordable health care for people with COVID-19 by gradually sending the hospital bed pool and managing patient transfers.[14]
Together with Igor Matovič, Krajčí secured the Russian Sputnik V vaccine for Slovakia, which they welcomed together at Košice Airport on 1 March 2020.[15] This escalated long-standing tensions between the main representatives of the coalition and finally led to the outbreak of a government crisis.[16]
Krajčí is the author of various Christian music, including three albums of praise and worship and one children's album. He was also the editor-in-chief of the magazine Step of Christians in Society.[17]