 On 1998, he became a member of the party.In the 2002 Slovak parliamentary election he was placed 6th on the party list and received 42,727 preferential votes (18.01% share ), that placed fourth behind Pavol Hrusovsky, Ján Figel 'and Vladimír Palko.His mandate did not apply because he became a member of the Government as a cabinet minister following the election.