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Government Of Slovakia
The Government of the Slovak Republic () exercises executive authority in Slovakia. It is led by the Prime Minister of Slovakia, who is nominated by the President of Slovakia and is usually the leader of the majority party or a majority coalition after an election to the National Council of the Slovak Republic. The Cabinet appointed by the president on the prime minister's recommendation must gain a vote of confidence in the National Council. Role and powers of the Government As the chief formulator of the nation's public policy under the Slovak Constitution, the Government has the authority to make major policies on the national economy and social security. It is responsible for meeting the Government program objectives within the scope of the adopted national budget. The main functions of the Government also include making proposals on the state budget, preparing the annual closing balance sheet, and issuing government regulations and decrees under the power given to it by la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomáš Taraba
Tomáš Taraba (born 13 February 1980) is a Slovak politician who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and Minister of Environment in the Fico's Fourth Cabinet, Fourth cabinet of Robert Fico since 25 October 2023. With a previous business background, Taraba was elected to the National Council (Slovakia), National Council in 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, 2020 on the list of People's Party Our Slovakia, Kotlebists – People's Party Our Slovakia. Notably, he was never a formal member of the People's Party, neither before nor after his election. From 2019 to 2023, he served as chairman of Life – National Party. Taraba suspended his party membership to run on the list of the Slovak National Party, on which he was elected in the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, 2023 parliamentary election. Taraba is among the three most popular ministers in the Slovak government, boasting a total approval rating of 43% as of April 2024. Early life and education Taraba was ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matúš Šutaj Eštok
Matúš Šutaj Eštok (born 4 February 1987) is a Slovak politician who has served as the Minister of Interior of Slovakia since 2023. He was an MP of the National Council. Early life and education In 2011, Šutaj Eštok majored in law from Comenius University. He worked as the lawyer for the Comenius University. Šutaj Eštok served as chairman of the Government Office of the Slovak Republic from 2018 until 2020. He can speak English and German apart from his native Slovak. Political career 2020 Slovak parliamentary election In the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, Šutaj Eštok was elected to parliament on the list of the Direction – Social Democracy (SMER-SD) party. He left SMER-SD and joined the newly-founded Voice – Social Democracy party later that November. Dismissal of Štefan Hamran On 10 October 2023, after then-president of Slovak Police Force Štefan Hamran announced his resignation, Šutaj Eštok dismissed Hamran from his position three days before Hamran's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Migaľ
Samuel Migaľ (born 30 June 1982) is a Slovak politician and former TV host. He has served as the minister of Investment, Regional Development and Informatics of Slovakia since 2025. Biography Migaľ was born on 30 June 1982 in Košice. He attended a forestry trade school in Vranov nad Topľou and afterwards studied media communication at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, graduating in 2010. From 2004 to 2023 he worked as a news reporter for TV JOJ. In October 2023, Migaľ revealed in an interview with the Slovak daily ''SME'' that he was among the journalists whose personal information was found on a USB flash drive belonging to Marián Kočner, the businessman indicted in connection with a large number of crimes. Migaľ became MP soon after the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election a replacement for Denisa Saková. In 2024, he joined forces with fellow Voice – Social Democracy Voice – Social Democracy (, Hlas-SD) is a social democratic and populist political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Raši
Richard Raši (born 2 April 1971 in Košice) is a Slovak physician and politician who served as Slovakia's Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Information. A member of the Voice – Social Democracy () political party, Raši previously served as Mayor of the city of Košice. He also served from 3 June 2008 until 8 June 2010 as Minister of Health in the Fico's First Cabinet, First cabinet of Robert Fico. On 26 March 2025, he assumed the List of speakers of Slovak parliaments, Speaker of the National Council role succeeding Peter Žiga. Early life and education Born 2 April 1971 in Kosice, Raši studied medicine at the Medical faculty at the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik from 1989, receiving his medical degree in 1995. After specializing as a trauma surgeon, he received his master's degree in the field of public health at the Slovak Medical University in 2004. Raši received his PhD degree in the same field at Technical University of Košice six years later. Career I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Takáč
Richard Takáč (born 10 May 1982) is a Slovak politician who has served as Minister of Agriculture of Slovakia since 2023. He is also a former deputy of the Trenčín self-governing region and a deputy of the city of Prievidza. Early life and education Takáč was born on 10 May 1982 in Prievidza. His father was a miner whilst his mother worked as a saleswoman. He graduated from the Secondary Vocational School of Agriculture in 1996 and 2000, later Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. During the first government of Smer with ĽS-HZDS and SNS from 2006 until 2010, he served as head of the Prievidza branch of Slovak Land Fund and worked there until 2011. Political career Communal and regional politics (2010-2020) In the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election, Takáč was elected as a city deputy in the fourth electoral district in Prievidza as a nominee of the parties SMER-SD and SNS. In the 2013 Slovak regional elections, Taká ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jozef Ráž (politician)
Jozef Ráž (born 17 July 1979) is a Slovak politician. He currently serves as the minister of Transport. Early life The son of namesake singer Jozef Ráž, he was born on 17 July 1979 in Bratislava. Ráž studied international business at the University of Economics in Bratislava and law at the Bratislava University of Law. Career After graduation, Ráž had a career in civil service. Between 2005 and 2010 he was at the minister of defense. In 2010 he joined the Slovenská pošta, where he became a board member. In 2016 the director of Slovenská pošta Tomáš Drucker became the health minister and made Ráž his chief of staff. Ráž held the position until 2018, when his name was put forward by the prime minister Peter Pellegrini for the position of the interior affair minister. Nonetheless, the president Andrej Kiska refused the nomination over Ráž's links to the former minister Robert Kaliňák Robert Kaliňák (born 11 May 1971) is a Slovak politician who has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |