Prime Minister of Slovakia
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Chairman of the Government of the Slovak Republic | |
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Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky | |
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![]() 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 |
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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
- Štefan Sádovský: 2 January 1969 – 5 May 1969
- Peter Colotka: 5 May 1969 – 12 October 1988
- Ivan Knotek: 13 October 1988 – 22 June 1989
- 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) | ||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||||
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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 |
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1 | Vladimír Mečiar | July 26, 1942 | 49 years, 334 days | 5 years, 221 days | 56 years, 96 days | Living | 79 years, 156 days (Living) |
2 | Jozef Moravčík | March 19, 1945 | 49 years, 361 days | 0 years, 273 days | 50 years, 269 days | Living | 76 years, 285 days (Living) |
3 | Mikuláš Dzurinda | February 4, 1956 | 43 years, 268 days | 7 years, 247 days | 51 years, 150 days | Living | 65 years, 328 days (Living) |
4 | Robert Fico | September 15, 1964 | 41 years, 292 days | 9 years, 356 days | 53 years, 46 days | Living | 57 years, 105 days (Living) |
5 | Iveta Radičová | December 7, 1956 | 53 years, 213 days | 1 year, 271 days | 55 years, 119 days | Living | 65 years, 22 days (Living) |
6 | Peter Pellegrini | October 6, 1975 | 42 years, 167 days | 1 year, 365 days | 44 years, 166 days | Living | 46 years, 84 days (Living) |
7 | Igor Matovič | May 11, 1973 | 46 years, 315 days | 1 year, 11 days | 47 years, 325 days | Living | 48 years, 232 days (Living) |
8 | Eduard Heger | May 3, 1976 | 44 years, 333 days | 272 days (ongoing) | Incumbent | Living | 45 years, 240 days (Living) |
References[]
- ^ "IG.com Pay Check". IG.
See also[]
- Lists of prime ministers by country
- Government of Slovakia
- Political history of Slovakia
- Prime Ministers of Slovakia
- Lists of political office-holders in Slovakia
- 1993 establishments in Slovakia