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| Chairman of the Government of the Slovak Republic | |
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| Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky | |
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| Member of | European Council |
| Residence | Episcopal Summer Palace, Old Town, Bratislava |
| Appointer | President of the Slovak Republic |
| Term length | Four years renewable |
| Formation | 1 January 1993 |
| First holder | Vladimír Mečiar |
| Salary | c. 132,000 € per annum[1] (2024) |
| Website | vlada |
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The prime minister of Slovakia, officially the chairman of the government of the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky), commonly referred to in Slovakia as Predseda vlády or informally as Premiér, is the head of the government of the Slovak Republic. Officially, the officeholder is the third-highest constitutional official in Slovakia after the president of the Republic (appointer) and chairman of the National Council; in practice, the appointee is the country's leading political figure.
Since the office was created in 1969, fifteen different people have served as head of government. Since 1993, when Slovakia gained independence, nine people have occupied the function. On 25 October 2023, Robert Fico became the prime minister of Slovakia.
History
[edit]The office of the prime minister of Slovakia was established in 1969 by the Constitutional Act on the Czechoslovak Federation. A similar office had existed from 1918 when various officials were presiding over executive bodies governing the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia or the Slovak State respectively. Since 1993, when the independent Slovak Republic was established, nine persons have held the office. Since 25 October 2023, the prime minister of Slovakia has been Robert Fico.
Powers and role
[edit]Since Slovakia is a parliamentary republic, the prime minister is accountable to the National Council. The Slovak Constitution provides that upon the accession to the office, each prime minister must gain and thereafter maintain the confidence of the Parliament. When the prime minister loses confidence, the president must dismiss him and designate a new prime minister or entrust the dismissed prime minister to act as a caretaker with limited powers.
The prime minister is the most powerful state office since he commands and presides over the government. Although it is not the prime minister but the president who appoints ministers in Cabinet, the president appoints ministers on the prime minister's advice.
Designated Prime Minister of Slovakia
[edit]Designated Prime Minister of Slovakia (Slovak: designovaný predseda vlády) is an unofficial title for a person who has been entrusted by the president of the Slovak Republic with forming a new government and replacing the outgoing prime minister. This title, as well as the authorization of the president to entrust the designated prime minister, is not set by an act but is a legal or, more precisely, constitutional tradition. According to this tradition, the president designates a person who has the support of the majority of deputies in the National Council.
List of prime ministers of Slovakia
[edit]Czechoslovak Republic
[edit]Autonomous Land of Slovakia (1938–1939)
[edit]- Jozef Tiso (7 October 1938 – 9 March 1939)
First Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
[edit]- Jozef Tiso (14 March 1939 – 17 October 1939)
- Vojtech Tuka (27 October 1939 – 5 September 1944)
- Štefan Tiso (5 September 1944 – 4 April 1945)
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1969–1990)
[edit]| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||
 | Štefan Sádovský (1928–1984) | 1 January 1969 | 5 May 1969 | 124 days | KSS | |
| | Peter Colotka (1925–2019) | 5 May 1969 | 13 October 1988 | 19 years and 161 days | KSS | |
| | Ivan Knotek (1936–2020) | 13 October 1988 | 23 June 1989 | 253 days | KSS | |
| | Pavel Hrivnák (1931–1995) | 23 June 1989 | 8 December 1989 | 168 days | KSS | |
_(cropped).jpg) | Milan Čič (1932–2012) | 8 December 1989 | 6 March 1990 | 88 days | KSS | |
Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992)
[edit]| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Government Composition | Election | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
| | Milan Čič (1932–2012) | 6 March 1990 | 27 June 1990 | 113 days | VPN | Čič caretaker | ||
 | Vladimír Mečiar (born 1942) 1st term | 27 June 1990 | 6 May 1991 | 313 days | VPN | Mečiar I VPN–KDH–DS | 1990 | |
.jpg) | Ján Čarnogurský (born 1944) | 6 May 1991 | 24 June 1992 | 1 year and 49 days | KDH | Čarnogurský ODÚ–KDH–DS | ||
| | Vladimír Mečiar (born 1942) 2nd term | 24 June 1992 | 31 December 1992 | 190 days | HZDS | Mečiar II HZDS–SNS | 1992 | |
Slovak Republic (1993–present)
[edit]| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Cabinet | Composition | Election | President | |
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| | Vladimír Mečiar (born 1942) | 1 January 1993 | 15 March 1994 | 1 year, 73 days | HZDS | Mečiar II | HZDS • SNS | 1992 |  Michal Kováč (1993–1998) | |
 | Jozef Moravčík (born 1945) | 15 March 1994 | 13 December 1994 | 273 days | DEÚS | Moravčík | SDĽ • KDH • DEÚS • NDS | |||
| | Vladimír Mečiar (born 1942) | 13 December 1994 | 30 October 1998 | 3 years, 321 days | HZDS | Mečiar III | HZDS • SNS • ZRS | 1994 | ||
 | Mikuláš Dzurinda (born 1956) | 30 October 1998 | 16 October 2002 | 7 years, 247 days | SDK[a] | Dzurinda I | SDK • SDĽ • SMK • SOP | 1998 |  Rudolf Schuster (1999–2004) | |
| 16 October 2002 | 4 July 2006 | SDKÚ | Dzurinda II | SDKÚ • SMK • KDH • ANO (2002–2006) | 2002 | |||||
| SDKÚ • SMK • ANO (2006) | _Election_infobox.jpg) Ivan Gašparovič (2004–2014) | |||||||||
_(cropped).jpg) | Robert Fico (born 1964) | 4 July 2006 | 8 July 2010 | 4 years, 4 days | Smer | Fico I | Smer • SNS • ĽS – HZDS | 2006 | ||
.jpg) | Iveta Radičová (born 1956) | 8 July 2010 | 4 April 2012 | 1 year, 271 days | SDKÚ – DS | Radičová | SDKÚ – DS • SaS • KDH • Bridge | 2010 | ||
.jpg) | Robert Fico (born 1964) | 4 April 2012 | 23 March 2016 | 5 years, 352 days | Smer | Fico II | Smer | 2012 | ||
| 23 March 2016 | 22 March 2018 | Fico III | Smer • SNS • Bridge • Network (2016) | 2016 | .jpg) Andrej Kiska (2014–2019) | |||||
| Smer • SNS • Bridge (2016–2018) | ||||||||||
 | Peter Pellegrini (born 1975) | 22 March 2018 | 21 March 2020 | 1 year, 365 days | Smer | Pellegrini | Smer • SNS • Bridge | |||
 Zuzana Čaputová (2019–2024) | ||||||||||
.jpg) | Igor Matovič (born 1973) | 21 March 2020 | 1 April 2021 | 1 year, 11 days | OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ | Matovič | OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ • We Are Family • SaS • For the People | 2020 | ||
 | Eduard Heger (born 1976) | 1 April 2021 | 15 May 2023 | 2 years, 44 days | OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ[b] | Heger | OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ • We Are Family • SaS • For the People (2021–2022) | |||
| OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ • We Are Family • For the People (2022–2023) | ||||||||||
 | Ľudovít Ódor (born 1976) | 15 May 2023 | 25 October 2023 | 163 days | Independent | Ódor | Technocratic cabinet | |||
 | Robert Fico (born 1964) | 25 October 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 31 days | Smer | Fico IV | Smer • Hlas • SNS | 2023 | ||
Timeline
[edit]Slovak Republic (1993–present)
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Statistics
[edit]Slovak Republic (1993–present)
[edit]| Prime Minister | Date of birth | Age at inauguration (first term) | Time in office (total) | Age at retirement (last term) | Date of death | Longevity |
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| Jozef Moravčík | 19 March 1945 | 48 years, 361 days | 273 days | 49 years, 269 days | Living | 79 years, 251 days |
| Vladimír Mečiar | 26 July 1942 | 50 years, 159 days | 5 years, 29 days | 56 years, 96 days | Living | 82 years, 122 days |
| Mikuláš Dzurinda | 4 February 1956 | 42 years, 268 days | 7 years, 247 days | 50 years, 150 days | Living | 68 years, 295 days |
| Iveta Radičová | 7 December 1956 | 53 years, 213 days | 1 year, 271 days | 55 years, 119 days | Living | 67 years, 354 days |
| Peter Pellegrini | 6 October 1975 | 42 years, 167 days | 1 year, 365 days | 44 years, 167 days | Living | 49 years, 50 days |
| Igor Matovič | 11 May 1973 | 46 years, 315 days | 1 year, 11 days | 47 years, 325 days | Living | 51 years, 198 days |
| Eduard Heger | 3 May 1976 | 44 years, 333 days | 2 years, 44 days | 47 years, 12 days | Living | 48 years, 206 days |
| Ľudovít Ódor | 2 July 1976 | 46 years, 317 days | 163 days | 47 years, 115 days | Living | 48 years, 146 days |
| Robert Fico | 15 September 1964 | 41 years, 292 days | 11 years, 22 days | Incumbent | Living | 60 years, 71 days |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) was an electoral platform—constituted as an instrumental political party—for the 1998 parliamentary election. The party split in 2000, when some members rejoined their original parties, while others, led by Mikuláš Dzurinda, founded the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ).
- ^ In March 2023, Eduard Heger left the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities–NOVA–Christian Union–Change from Below (OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ) party to take over the extra-parliamentary Blue Coalition party, subsequently rebranded as Democrats.
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