Dušan Tittel

Dušan Tittel (born 27 December 1966) is a Slovak politician and former professional footballer who played as a defender. At international level, he represented Czechoslovakia and Slovakia. He was elected Slovakia Player of the Year three times.^[1]

Dušan Tittel was born on 27 December 1966 in Námestovo. He started playing professional football in 1985 while also studying Finance at the University of Economics in Bratislava.^[2]

After retiring from football in 2001, Tittel became active in politics. He was among the founding members of the Alliance of the New Citizen.^[3] Between 2001 and 2005 he served as a deputy in the regional assembly of the Bratislava region.^[2]

In 2014, Tittel joined the Slovak National Party^[4] and unsuccessfully ran on the party ticket in the 2014 European Parliament election.^[5] However, he succeeded in the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election and became the MP of the National Council.^[6]

In 2021 he left the Slovak National Party and became a member of the Voice – Social Democracy party.^[7] In the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, he won a mandate and became an MP.^[8]

Dušan Tittel is married. With his wife Ivana they have two children.^[2]