Prime Minister of Slovakia

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. 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.

Chairman of the Government of the Slovak Republic
Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky
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Incumbent
Eduard Heger
since 1 April 2021
Member ofEuropean Council
ResidenceEpiscopal Summer Palace
AppointerPresident of the Republic
Term lengthDepending on the support of the National Council
Inaugural holderVladimír Mečiar
Formation1 January 1993
Salaryc. 71,880 € annually[1]
Websitehttp://www.vlada.gov.sk/
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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

Slovak Republic (1939–1945)

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1969–1990)

Slovak Socialist Republic

Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992)

Slovak Republic

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Government
Composition		 Election
Took office Left office Duration
Milan Čič
(1932–2012)		 6 March
1990		 27 June
1990		 113 days VPN Čič
caretaker		 1986
Vladimír Mečiar
(born 1942)
1st term		 27 June
1990		 6 May
1991		 313 days VPN Mečiar I
VPN–KDH–DS		 1990
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)
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Government
Composition		 Election
Took office Left office Duration
Vladimír Mečiar
(born 1942)
1st term		 1 January
1993		 15 March
1994		 1 year and 73 days HZDS Mečiar II
HZDS–SNS		 1992
Jozef Moravčík
(born 1945)		 15 March
1994		 13 December
1994		 273 days DEÚS Moravčík
SDĽ–KDH–DEÚS–NDS
Vladimír Mečiar
(born 1942)
2nd term		 13 December
1994		 30 October
1998		 3 years and 321 days HZDS Mečiar III
HZDS–SNS–ZRS		 1994
Mikuláš Dzurinda
(born 1955)		 30 October
1998		 4 July
2006		 7 years and 247 days SDK Dzurinda I
SDK–SDĽ–SMK–SOP
later SDKÚ–KDH–SDĽ–SMK–SOP		 1998
SDKÚ
Dzurinda II
SDKÚ–SMK–KDH–ANO
later SDKÚ–SMK–ANO		 2002
Robert Fico
(born 1964)
1st term		 4 July
2006		 8 July
2010		 4 years and 4 days SMER Fico I
SMER–SNS–HDZS		 2006
Iveta Radičová
(born 1956)		 8 July
2010		 4 April
2012		 1 year and 271 days SDKÚ Radičová
SDKÚ–SaS–KDH–MH		 2010
Robert Fico
(born 1964)
2nd term		 4 April
2012		 22 March
2018		 5 years and 352 days SMER Fico II
SMER		 2012
Fico III
SMER–SNS–MH–#S
later SMER–SNS–MH		 2016
Peter Pellegrini
(born 1975)		 22 March
2018		 21 March
2020		 1 year and 365 days SMER Pellegrini
SMER–SNS–MH
Igor Matovič
(born 1973)		 21 March
2020		 1 April
2021		 1 year and 11 days OĽaNO Matovič
OĽaNO–SR–SaS–ZĽ
later OĽaNO–SR–ZĽ		 2020
Eduard Heger
(born 1976)		 1 April
2021		 Incumbent 1 year and 32 days OĽaNO Heger
OĽaNO–SR–SaS–ZĽ

Statistics

Slovak Republic (1993–present)
# 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) 50 15950 years, 159 days 05 0295 years, 29 days 56 09656 years, 96 days Living 29,13679 years, 281 days (Living)
2 Moravčík, JozefJozef Moravčík 19450319March 19, 1945(March 19, 1945) 49 36149 years, 361 days 00 273273 days 50 26950 years, 269 days Living 28,16977 years, 45 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 24,19566 years, 88 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 21,04957 years, 230 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 23,88865 years, 147 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 17,01146 years, 209 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 17,88948 years, 357 days (Living)
8 Heger, EduardEduard Heger 19760503May 3, 1976(May 3, 1976) 44 33344 years, 333 days 001 0181 year, 32 days 00 000 Incumbent Living 16,80146 years, 0 days (Living)

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