Prime Minister of Slovakia

Chairman of the Government of the Slovak Republic Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky
Coat of Arms of the Slovak Republic
Incumbent Robert Fico since 4 April 2012
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 and the third highest constitutional official after the President of Slovakia and the Speaker of the National Council. 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 April 4, 2012, Robert Fico became the 7th 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 2012 the current Prime Minister is Robert Fico.

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

• 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

• 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)
• Július Ďuriš (7 September 1951 – 31 January 1953)
• Rudolf Strechaj (31 January 1953 – 10 July 1960)

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 Federal Republic (1990–1992)

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

Prime Ministers of the Slovak Republic

Parties

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party	Cabinet		National Council
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
5		Milan Čič (1932–2012)	12 December 1989	26 June 1990	196	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)	I	VPN	5 ( ···· )
6		Vladimír Mečiar (1942–)	27 June 1990	22 April 1991	299	Public Against Violence (VPN)	I	VPN – KDH – DS – MNI	6 (1990)
7		Ján Čarnogurský (1944–)	23 April 1991	24 June 1992	428	Christian Democratic Movement (KDH)	I	VPN – KDH – DS – MNI	6 ( ···· )

Slovak Republic (1993–present)

From 1 January 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Political Party:

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office			Political Party	Cabinet		National Council
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
1 (1 of 2)		Vladimír Mečiar (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 (1945–)	15 March 1994	13 December 1994	273	Democratic Union of Slovakia (DEÚS)	I	DEÚS – KDH – SDĽ – NDS	7 ( ···· )
1 (2 of 2)		Vladimír Mečiar (1942–)	13 December 1994	30 October 1998	1417	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS)	III	HZDS – ZRS – SNS – RSS	1 (1994)
3		Mikuláš Dzurinda (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	2 (1998)
			16 October 2002	4 July 2006		Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ)	II	SDKÚ – SMK – KDH – ANO	3 (2002)
4 (1 of 2)		Robert Fico (1964–)	4 July 2006	8 July 2010	1465	Direction – Social Democracy (SMER-SD)	I	SMER-SD – SNS – ĽS-HZDS	4 (2006)
5		Iveta Radičová (1956–)	8 July 2010	4 April 2012	636	Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party (SDKÚ-DS)	I	SDKÚ-DS – SaS – KDH – M-H	5 (2010)
4 (2 of 2)		Robert Fico (1964–)	4 April 2012	Incumbent	1408	Direction – Social Democracy (SMER-SD)	II	SMER-SD	6 (2012)

Statistics

See also

• List of rulers of Slovakia
• List of Presidents of Slovakia
• List of Prime Ministers of the Slovak Socialist Republic
• List of Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia