Lenka Mačugová

Lenka comes from a village in Zamagurie (Slovakia) and joined the Secretariat of COMECE in October 2025.

Growing up on a farm and deeply inspired by Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’, she pursued studies in agriculture at the Slovak University of Agriculture. With her award-winning thesis in the field of plant breeding, conducted at the University of Agriculture in Krakow, she obtained an international Master of Science degree. She subsequently worked as a State Adviser under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic.

Between 2022 and 2025, she was an active member of the COMECE Youth Net as the Slovak delegate. As a volunteer, she has been involved in numerous youth pastoral initiatives at both national and international levels, promoting a communitarian way of life, which she embraces as her personal mission.

In her free time, Lenka enjoys swimming, hiking, and spending time with the animals on her family’s farm.

She speaks Slovak, English, Polish, and a little German.