Prime Minister of Slovakia

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Chairman of the Government of the Slovak Republic
Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky
Coat of arms of the Slovak Republic
Incumbent Eduard Heger since 1 April 2021
Member of	European Council
Residence	Episcopal Summer Palace
Appointer	President of the Republic
Term length	Depending on the support of the National Council
Inaugural holder	Štefan Sádovský
Formation	2 January 1969
Salary	c. 71,880 € annually[1]
Website	http://www.vlada.gov.sk/

Politics of Slovakia
Constitution Constitutional Court 1939 constitution
Executive President Zuzana Čaputová Government Prime Minister: Eduard Heger
Legislature National Council Speaker: Boris Kollár
Recent elections Parliamentary 2010 2012 2016 2020 Presidential 2004 2009 2014 2019 European 2004 2009 2014 2019
Political parties Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) Democratic and Christian Union – DP (SDKÚ) Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Most–Híd National Party (SNS) Hungarian Coalition (SMK–MKP) People's Party – MDS (HZDS)
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The chairman of the government of the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky), also known as the prime minister of Slovakia (Slovak: Premiér), is the head of the government of the Slovak Republic. On paper, the officeholder is the third highest constitutional official in Slovakia after the president of the republic (appointer) and speaker of the National Council; in practice, the appointee is the country's leading political figure.

Since the creation of the office in 1969, thirteen persons have served as head of government. Since 1993, when Slovakia gained independence, eight persons have occupied the function. On 1 April 2021, Eduard Heger became the prime minister of Slovakia.

History[]

The office of 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, there have been six persons to hold the office. Since 2021, the prime minister of Slovakia has been Eduard Heger.

Powers and role[]

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. As soon as the prime minister loses the confidence, the president is obliged to 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 office in state, 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 advice of the prime minister.

Designated Prime Minister of Slovakia[]

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 PM, 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 support of the majority of deputies in the National Council.

List of prime ministers of Slovakia[]

First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)[]

Minister plenipotentiary for administration of Slovakia

• Vavro Šrobár (4 November 1918 – 14 November 1918)

Land President of Slovakia

• (1 July 1928 – 1929)
• (1929–1938)
• Julián Šimko (1938–1939)

Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939)[]

Prime ministers of the Autonomy Government of Slovakia

• Jozef Tiso (7 October 1938 – 9 March 1939)
• Jozef Sivák (9 March 1939 – 11 March 1939)
• Karol Sidor (11 March 1939 – 14 March 1939)

First Slovak Republic (1939–1945)[]

Prime ministers of the First Slovak Republic

• Jozef Tiso (14 March 1939 – 17 October 1939)
• Vojtech Tuka (27 October 1939 – 5 September 1944)
• Štefan Tiso (5 September 1944 – 4 April 1945)

Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948)[]

Chairman of the Board of Commissioners

• Karol Šmidke (18 September 1945 – 14 August 1946)
• Gustáv Husák (14 August 1946 – 4 May 1950)

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1989)[]

1 January 1969 – 5 March 1990: called "Slovak Socialist Republic" within Czechoslovakia.

Chairman of the Board of Commissioners

• Gustáv Husák (14 August 1946 – 4 May 1950)
• Karol Bacílek (4 May 1950 – 7 September 1951)
• (7 September 1951 – 31 January 1953)
• (31 January 1953 – 11 July 1960)

Chairman of the Slovak National Council

• (14 July 1960 – 28 July 1962)
• Jozef Lenárt (31 October 1962 – 20 March 1963)
• (23 March 1963 – 29 December 1968)

Prime ministers of the Slovak Socialist Republic

1. Štefan Sádovský: 2 January 1969 – 5 May 1969
2. Peter Colotka: 5 May 1969 – 12 October 1988
3. Ivan Knotek: 13 October 1988 – 22 June 1989
4. Pavel Hrivnák: 23 June 1989 – 8 December 1989

Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992)[]

6 March 1990 – 31 December 1992: called "Slovak Republic" within Czechoslovakia.

Prime ministers of the Slovak Republic

KSČ (Communist)        VPN (Conservative liberal)       KDH (Christian democratic)
No.		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party	Cabinet		National Council
				Took Office	Left Office	Days
	5		Milan Čič (1932–2012)	10 December 1989	27 June 1990	197	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)	I	KSČ – VPN	5 ( ···· )
							Public Against Violence (VPN)
	6		Vladimír Mečiar (born 1942)	27 June 1990	6 May 1991	299	Public Against Violence (VPN)	I	VPN – KDH – DS – MNI	6 (1990)
	7		Ján Čarnogurský (born 1944)	6 May 1991	24 June 1992	428	Christian Democratic Movement (KDH)	I	ODÚ – KDH – DS – MNI

Slovak Republic (1993–present)[]

From 1 January 1993 after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

HZDS (National conservative)        DEÚS (Liberal conservative)       SDK (Liberal democratic)       SDKÚ (Liberal conservative)       SMER-SD (Social democratic)       OĽaNO (Catch-all)
No.		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party	Cabinet		National Council
				Took Office	Left Office	Days
	1		Vladimír Mečiar (born 1942)	24 June 1992	15 March 1994	629	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS)	II	HZDS, joined by SNS in 1993	7 (1992)
	2		Jozef Moravčík (born 1945)	15 March 1994	13 December 1994	273	Democratic Union of Slovakia (DEÚS)	I	DEÚS – KDH – SDĽ – NDS
	(1)		Vladimír Mečiar (born 1942)	13 December 1994	30 October 1998	1417	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS)	III	HZDS – ZRS – SNS – RSS	1 (1994)
	3		Mikuláš Dzurinda (born 1955)	30 October 1998	15 October 2002	2804	Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK)	I	SDK –SDĽ–SMK–SOP	2 (1998)
							Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ)		SDKÚ–KDH–SDĽ–SMK–SOP
				16 October 2002	4 July 2006		Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ)	II	SDKÚ–SMK–KDH–ANO	3 (2002)
	4		Robert Fico (born 1964)	4 July 2006	8 July 2010	1465	Direction – Social Democracy (SMER-SD)	I	SMER-SD–SNS –HZDS	4 (2006)
	5		Iveta Radičová (born 1956)	8 July 2010	4 April 2012	636	Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party (SDKÚ)	I	SDKÚ–SaS–KDH–MH	5 (2010)
	(4)		Robert Fico (born 1964)	4 April 2012	23 March 2016	2178	Direction – Social Democracy (SMER-SD)	II	SMER-SD	6 (2012)
				23 March 2016	22 March 2018			III	SMER-SD–SNS–MH–#SIEŤ	7 (2016)
									SMER-SD–SNS–MH
	6		Peter Pellegrini (born 1975)	22 March 2018	21 March 2020	730	Direction – Social Democracy (SMER-SD)	I	SMER-SD–SNS–MH
	7		Igor Matovič (born 1973)	21 March 2020	1 April 2021	376	Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO)	I	OĽaNO–SR–SaS–ZĽ	8 (2020)
	8		Eduard Heger (born 1976)	1 April 2021	Incumbent	272	Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO)	I	OĽaNO–SR–SaS–ZĽ

Statistics[]

#	Prime Minister	Date of birth	Age at inauguration (first term)	Time in office (total)	Age at retirement (last term)	Date of death	Longevity
1	Mečiar, VladimírVladimír Mečiar	19420726July 26, 1942(July 26, 1942)	49 33449 years, 334 days	05 2215 years, 221 days	56 09656 years, 96 days	Living	29,01179 years, 156 days (Living)
2	Moravčík, JozefJozef Moravčík	19450319March 19, 1945(March 19, 1945)	49 36149 years, 361 days	00 2730 years, 273 days	50 26950 years, 269 days	Living	28,04476 years, 285 days (Living)
3	Dzurinda, MikulášMikuláš Dzurinda	19550204February 4, 1956(February 4, 1956)	43 26843 years, 268 days	07 2477 years, 247 days	51 15051 years, 150 days	Living	24,07065 years, 328 days (Living)
4	Fico, RobertRobert Fico	19640915September 15, 1964(September 15, 1964)	41 29241 years, 292 days	09 3569 years, 356 days	53 4653 years, 46 days	Living	20,92457 years, 105 days (Living)
5	Radičová, IvetaIveta Radičová	19561207December 7, 1956(December 7, 1956)	53 21353 years, 213 days	01 2711 year, 271 days	55 11955 years, 119 days	Living	23,76365 years, 22 days (Living)
6	Pellegrini, PeterPeter Pellegrini	19751006October 6, 1975(October 6, 1975)	42 16742 years, 167 days	01 3651 year, 365 days	44 16644 years, 166 days	Living	16,88646 years, 84 days (Living)
7	Matovič, IgorIgor Matovič	19730511May 11, 1973(May 11, 1973)	46 31546 years, 315 days	01 0111 year, 11 days	47 32547 years, 325 days	Living	17,76448 years, 232 days (Living)
8	Heger, EduardEduard Heger	19760503May 3, 1976(May 3, 1976)	44 33344 years, 333 days	00 003272 days (ongoing)	Incumbent	Living	16,67645 years, 240 days (Living)

References[]

See also[]

• List of prime ministers of Czechoslovakia
• List of prime ministers of the Slovak Socialist Republic