Prime Minister of Slovakia

Chairman of the Government of the Slovak Republic
Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky
Incumbent
Peter Pellegrini
since 22 March 2018
Residence Summer Archbishop's Palace
Appointer President
Term length The Prime minister's term of office depends on support of the National Council.
Inaugural holder Štefan Sádovský
Formation 2 January 1969
Website http://www.vlada.gov.sk/
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The Chairman of the Government of the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky), also known as the Prime Minister (Slovak: Premiér), is the head of the Government of Slovakia. On paper he is the third highest constitutional official in Slovakia after the President of Slovakia and the Speaker of the National Council. In practice, he is the country's leading political figure.

The office itself was created in 1969 and since then there has been 14 prime ministers serving in the office. Since 1993, when independent Slovakia emerged, seven prime ministers (five individuals only) have been serving in the office. On March 22, 2018, Peter Pellegrini became the 8th and current prime minister.

History

The office of Prime Minister was established in 1969 by the Constitutional Law of Federation. However, 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. From 1993, when the independent Slovak Republic was established, there have been five persons to hold the office. From 2018 the current Prime Minister is Peter Pellegrini.

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

Land President of Slovakia

  • Ján Drobný (1 July 1928 – 1929)
  • Jozef Országh (1929–1938)
  • Julián Šimko (1938–1939)

Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939)

Prime Ministers of the Autonomy Government of Slovakia

First Slovak Republic (1939–1945)

Prime Ministers of the First Slovak Republic

Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948)

Chairman of the Board of Commissioners

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)
  • Július Ďuriš (7 September 1951 – 31 January 1953)
  • Rudolf Strechaj (31 January 1953 – 11 July 1960)

Chairman of the Slovak National Council

  • Rudolf Strechaj (14 July 1960 – 28 July 1962)
  • Jozef Lenárt (31 October 1962 – 20 March 1963)
  • Michal Chudík (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        VPN       KDH
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 [[Slovak parliamentary election, 1990|6 (1990)]]
7 Ján Čarnogurský
(born 1944)		 6 May 1991 24 June 1992 428 Christian Democratic Movement
(KDH)		 I ODÚ – KDH – DS – MNI [[Slovak parliamentary election, 1990|6 ( ···· )]]

Slovak Republic (1993–present)

From 1 January 1993 after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

  HZDS/ĽS-HZDS (National conservative)        DEÚS (Liberal conservative)       SDK (Christian democrat)       SDKÚ/SDKÚ-DS (Liberal conservative)       SMER-SD (Social democratic)
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 [[Slovak parliamentary election, 1992|7 (1992)]]
2 Jozef Moravčík
(born 1945)		 15 March 1994 13 December 1994 273 Democratic Union of Slovakia
(DEÚS)		 I DEÚS – KDH – SDĽ – NDS [[Slovak parliamentary election, 1992|7 ( ···· )]]
(1) Vladimír Mečiar
(born 1942)		 13 December 1994 30 October 1998 1417 Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
(HZDS)		 III HZDS – ZRS – SNS – RSS [[Slovak parliamentary election, 1994|1 (1994)]]
3 Mikuláš Dzurinda
(born 1955)		 30 October 1998 15 October 2002 2804 Slovak Democratic Coalition
(SDK)
SDK later replaced by SDKÚ		 I SDK – SDĽ – SMK – SOP
SDK later replaced by SDKÚ		 [[Slovak parliamentary election, 1998|2 (1998)]]
16 October 2002 4 July 2006 Slovak Democratic and Christian Union
(SDKÚ)		 II SDKÚ – SMK – KDH – ANO [[Slovak parliamentary election, 2002|3 (2002)]]
4 Robert Fico
(born 1964)		 4 July 2006 8 July 2010 1465 Direction – Social Democracy
(SMER-SD)		 I SMER-SD – SNS – ĽS-HZDS [[Slovak parliamentary election, 2006|4 (2006)]]
5 Iveta Radičová
(born 1956)		 8 July 2010 4 April 2012 636 Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party
(SDKÚ-DS)		 I SDKÚ-DS – SaS – KDH – Most–Híd [[Slovak parliamentary election, 2010|5 (2010)]]
(4) Robert Fico
(born 1964)		 4 April 2012 23 March 2016 2382 Direction – Social Democracy
(SMER-SD)		 II SMER-SD [[Slovak parliamentary election, 2012|6 (2012)]]
23 March 2016 22 March 2018 III SMER-SD – SNS – Most–Híd – SIEŤ
SIEŤ exited cabinet		 [[Slovak parliamentary election, 2016|7 (2016)]]
6 Peter Pellegrini
(born 1975)		 22 March 2018 Incumbent 204 Direction – Social Democracy
(SMER-SD)		 I SMER-SD – SNS – Most–Híd [[Slovak parliamentary election, 2016|7 ( ···· )]]

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 Vladimír Mečiar July 26, 1942 49 years, 334 days 5 years, 221 days 56 years, 96 days Living 76 years, 78 days (Living)
2 Jozef Moravčík March 19, 1945 49 years, 361 days 0 years, 273 days 50 years, 269 days Living 73 years, 207 days (Living)
3 Mikuláš Dzurinda February 4, 1955 43 years, 268 days 7 years, 247 days 51 years, 150 days Living 63 years, 250 days (Living)
4 Robert Fico September 15, 1964 41 years, 292 days 10 years, 195 days 53 years, 46 days Living 54 years, 27 days (Living)
5 Iveta Radičová December 7, 1956 53 years, 213 days 1 year, 271 days 55 years, 119 days Living 61 years, 309 days (Living)

See also

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