The Ministry of Defence of

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(, MO SR) is responsible for the planning and carrying-out of

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. It is the direct successor of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Defence. Its current headquarters is located in

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List of ministers

Imrich Andrejčák Imrich Andrejčák (12 July 1941 – 5 September 2018) was a Czechoslovak-born Slovak army general and politician. He was the last Minister of Defence of Czechoslovakia from 2 July 1992 until 31 December 1992, with the dissolution of the count ...

(16 March 1993 – 15 March 1994) * Pavol Kanis (15 March 1994 – 13 December 1994) * (13 December 1994 – 30 October 1998) *Pavol Kanis (30 October 1998 – 2 January 2001) * Jozef Stank (2 January 2001 – 15 October 2002) *

Ivan Šimko Ivan Šimko (born 1 January 1955) is Slovakia, Slovak politician and former defense and interior affairs minister. A founding member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) in 1990, Šimko left to co-found the Slovak Democratic and Christian ...

(16 October 2002 – 24 September 2003) *

Eduard Kukan Eduard Kukan (26 December 1939 – 10 February 2022) was a Slovakian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Slovakia), Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2006. He was a candidate in the 2004 Slovakia presidential election, p ...

(24 September 2003 – 10 October 2003) * (10 October 2003 – 1 February 2006) *

Martin Fedor Martin Fedor is a member of Slovak National Council and he served as Minister of Defence of Slovakia after the resignation of Juraj Liška because of a Slovak Air Force An-24 crash in 2006. Early life Martin Fedor was born on March 4, 1974 ...

(1 February 2006 – 4 July 2006) *

František Kašický František Kašický (born 18 November 1968 in Gelnica, Czechoslovakia) was a defence minister of Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine ...

(4 July 2006 – 30 January 2008) *

Jaroslav Baška Jaroslav Baška (born 5 April 1975 in Považská Bystrica) is a Slovak politician. Baška has served as a member of the National Council in the Direction – Slovak Social Democracy caucus since 2002. In addition, he has been the governor of Tr ...

(30 January 2008 – 8 July 2010) *

Ľubomír Galko Ľubomír Galko (; born 14 February 1968) is a Slovakia politician. He has served as a Member of the National Council of Slovakia since 2023, having previously served as an MP from 2011 to 2020. Galko served as the Minister of Defence of Slovaki ...

(8 July 2010 – 28 November 2011) *

Iveta Radičová Iveta Radičová (; ; born 7 December 1956) is a Slovak sociologist and former politician who served as prime minister of Slovakia from 2010 to 2012. The first woman to hold the position, Radičová led a Radičová's Cabinet, coalition governme ...

(28 November 2011 – 4 April 2012) *

Martin Glváč Martin Glváč () born 20 November 1967) is a Slovak politician for the Direction - Social Democracy (). He was Minister of Defence in Fico's Second Cabinet from 2012 to 2016. and a Deputy Speaker of the National Council between 2016 and 2020. H ...

(4 April 2012 – 23 March 2016) *

Peter Gajdoš Peter Gajdoš (9 April 1959) is a Slovak retired three star general and politician who served as the minister of defence from 2016 to 2020. Biography Peter Gajdoš was born on 9 April 1959 in Nitra. He studied at the military school in Bansk� ...

(23 March 2016 – 21 March 2020) *

Jaroslav Naď Jaroslav Naď (born 21 March 1981) is a Slovak politician who served as Minister of Defence between March 2020 and May 2023, as a nominee of OĽaNO. He specialises in national security issues and previously worked with Globsec. Naď currently ...

(21 March 2020 – 15 May 2023) *

Martin Sklenár Martin Sklenár (born 15 July 1980) is a Slovak civil servant who served as minister of defence of Slovakia from May until October 2023. Early life and education Sklenár graduated from Matej Bel University in 2003, studying international relati ...

(15 May 2023 – 25 October 2023) *

Robert Kaliňák Robert Kaliňák (born 11 May 1971) is a Slovak politician who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and Ministry of Defence (Slovakia), Minister of Defence in the Fico's Fourth Cabinet, Fourth cabinet of Robert Fico since 25 Oct ...

(25 October 2023 – present)

References

External links

Official website

Defence Defense or defence may refer to: Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups * Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare * Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks * Defense indust ...

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