# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michal-simecka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:15:10.843Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michal-simecka"
name: "Michal Šimečka"
slug: "michal-simecka"
description: "Michal Šimečka is a Slovak politician, journalist, and researcher who served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament between 2022 and 2023. He also became a Member of the European Parliament between 2019 and 2023. In 2020, Šimečka was elected vice-president of the European political group Renew Europe. He is a co-founder of the social-liberal Progressive Slovakia party, leading it from 2022. He is currently an opposition leader against the Fico government."
tagline: "Slovak politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michal_%C5%A0ime%C4%8Dka_pri_predstavovan%C3%AD_volebn%C3%A9ho_programu_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1984-05-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.873224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MSimecka"
    handle:    "MSimecka"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/michalsimecka/"
    handle:    "michalsimecka"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/miso.simecka"
    handle:    "miso.simecka"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ميشال سيميتشكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michal Šimečka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_%C5%A0ime%C4%8Dka"
    title: "Michal Šimečka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_%C5%A0ime%C4%8Dka"
    title: "Michal Šimečka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_%C5%A0ime%C4%8Dka"
    title: "Michal Šimečka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_%C5%A0ime%C4%8Dka"
    title: "Michal Šimečka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_%C5%A0ime%C4%8Dka"
    title: "Michal Šimečka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_%C5%A0ime%C4%8Dka"
    title: "Michal Šimečka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Միխալ Շիմիչկա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michal Šimečka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_%C5%A0ime%C4%8Dka"
    title: "Michal Šimečka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "მიხალ შიმეჩკა"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michal Šimečka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michal Šimečka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Михал Шимечка"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64159898"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump