Viera Tomanová

Viera Tomanová
Viera Tomanová
Minister of Labour of Slovakia
	In office; July 4, 2006 – July 9, 2010
Preceded by	Iveta Radičová
Succeeded by	Jozef Mihál
Personal details
Born	February 5, 1948 (age 76)

Viera Tomanová (born February 5, 1948) is a Slovak politician, former Minister of Labour of Slovakia under Prime Minister Robert Fico.^[1]^[2] As a Minister she became known for her wild statements and many controversies, claiming her dog was poisoned in her house, prompting Prime Minister Fico to accuse Slovak journalists of the deed. She was popular among the elderly citizens for establishing "Christmas pensions", 13th state pensions issued out in December.

Career

She studied Economy at Vysoká škola ekonomická in Bratislava and Social Work at Trnavská univerzita in Trnava.

1972 – 1977: Head secretary of the Director of PZCR Javorina, Bratislava
1978 – 1982: Head of the social, labour and housing department on MNV Bratislava-Petržalka
1982 – 1986: Director of the Retirement home on Hanulova Street in Bratislava
1986 – 1987: Social and labour department of DPHMB Bratislava city magistrate
1988 – 2003: Head of the Social department and Vice Director

Since 1994 Tomanová is a university teacher at Katedra zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce Trnavskej univerzity and since 2005 also at Vysokej škole zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce sv. Alžbety.

Ministerial career

In 2006, Tomanová became the Minister of Labour, Social matters and Family of Slovakia.

When leaving the office in 2010, she warned the journalists at a press conference of the new government's changes in the social system and called the plan to establish a tax bonus a "neutron bomb".^[3]