title: Ján Lunter
text: # Ján Lunter
  
  Ján Lunter (born 15 July 1951) is a Slovak entrepreneur, owner of a family food company and, following the November 2017 elections, governor of the Banská Bystrica Region.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Lunter studied Cybernetics at the School of Electrical Engineering at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. Following the gentle revolution, he started a firm producing computer software and hardware, called Proces, and later started a food processing company called Alfa-Bio. In 2016 Alfa-Bio produced 160 tons of tofu and 100 tons of spreads.
  
  ## Candidacy
  
  Lunter announced plans to run for governor of the Banská Bystrica Region in January and officially entered the race in April 2017. By the end of August, Lunter had gained the support of Peter Pellegrini of Direction - Social Democracy, and later won support from Most–Híd and Progressive Slovakia. As candidates from other parties withdrew, many gave support to Lunter, including Martin Klus, who withdrew on 3 October; and Viliam Baňák, who withdrew on 4 October. By November, Lunter had support of all parties excluding the far-right Kotleba - People's Party Our Slovakia (the party of incumbent governor Marian Kotleba).
  
  