Ivan Korčok
Ivan Korčok | |
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 Ivan Korčok in 2020 | |
| 16th Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic | |
| Assumed office 1 April 2021 | |
| President | Zuzana Čaputová |
| Prime Minister | Eduard Heger |
| Preceded by | Jaroslav Naď (acting) |
| 14th Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic | |
| In office 8 April 2020 – 24 March 2021 | |
| President | Zuzana Čaputová |
| Prime Minister | Igor Matovič |
| Preceded by | Richard Sulík (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Jaroslav Naď (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 April 1964 Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Alma mater | Comenius University |
| [[Slovak Ambassador to the United States]] | |
| In office 17 September 2018 – 7 April 2020 | |
| President | Andrej Kiska Zuzana Čaputová |
| Preceded by | Peter Kmec |
| Succeeded by | Radovan Javorčík |
Ivan Korčok (born 4 April 1964)[1] is a Slovak politician. He served as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the Matovič Cabinet led by Prime Minister Igor Matovič from April 2020 until his resignation in late March 2021.[2][3] He was appointed back on the 1 April 2021 under Eduard Heger's Cabinet.
In 2018, he won the Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award.[4]
On 24 March 2021, he resigned amidst a wave of mass resignations in the Slovakian government due to the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Initially, President Zuzana Čaputová had demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Igor Matovič.[2]
Personal life[]
He is married and with wife Soňa has two sons.[1]
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References[]
- ^ a b "Ivan Korčok". Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Slovak foreign minister resigns as government teeters". Deutsche Welle. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "Prezidentka vymenovala Korčoka za ministra zahraničia". SME (in Slovak). 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ivan Korčok Receives Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award". GLOBSEC. 16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ Department of International Relations of the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. "Министр иностранных и европейских дел Словакии Иван Корчок прибыл с делегацией в Нижегородскую область".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tribute to Alexander Dubček in Nizhny Novgorod - Detail of web content - MZV MZV PORTAL". www.mzv.sk. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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