Jana Laššáková (née Murcková; born 22 May 1952) is a Slovak politician and lawyer.
[3] Laššáková served as the Chairwoman of the Direction – Social Democracy in the Banská Bystrica region since its founding.
In this position she gained notoriety for using thumb up/thumb down gestures to inform her fellow caucus members how they should vote.
The confirmation of her appointment by president Andrej Kiska got delayed as the president was unconvinced by the expertise of the parliament's choices and requested clarification from the Constitutional Court of Slovakia as to whether he is allowed not to confirm the candidates.
Upon joining the Constitutional Court, she gave up all her political and party functions.