The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union –Democratic Party is a liberal-conservative,Christian-democratic political party in Slovakia. The SDKÚ-DS was a member of the Centrist Democrat International and was a member of the European People's Party until 2018,when it was expelled due to inactivity.
Direction –Social Democracy,also commonly referred to as Smer,is a left-wing nationalist and left-wing populist political party in Slovakia led by the incumbent prime minister Robert Fico. The party identifies as social-democratic,and was described as a combination of "leftist economics and nationalist appeal".
The prime minister of Slovakia,officially the chairman of the government of the Slovak Republic,commonly referred to in Slovakia as Predseda vlády or informally as 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.
The Slovak National Party is an ultranationalist political party in Slovakia. The party characterizes itself as a nationalist party based on both social and European Christian values.
Daniel Lipšic is a Slovak politician and Jurist. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister,Minister of Justice and former Minister of Interior. Until 28 May 2012 he was a member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH),in which he served as vice-president and a Member of Parliament. Through his legal and political career,he is noted for his hard-line stance regarding officials from the former communist Czechoslovak regime,as well as crimes committed during this period. A public anti-corruption activist,he is outspoken against perceived corruption in the political or financial sphere.
Robert Kaliňák is a Slovak politician who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and Minister of Defence in the Fourth cabinet of Robert Fico since 25 October 2023.
Ján Počiatek is a Slovak politician.
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 12 June 2010. The elections were contested by eighteen parties,six of which passed the 5% threshold for sitting in parliament. Despite the incumbent Smer of Prime Minister Robert Fico winning a plurality,the new government consisted of a coalition led by the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union –Democratic Party's Iveta Radičováand included KDH,SaS and Most-Hid. However,her government fell on 11 October 2011 following a vote of no confidence with a new election called for 10 March 2012.
Ľubomír Galko 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 Slovakia between 2010 and 2011.
Robert Fico's Second Cabinet is the former government of Slovakia,headed by prime minister Robert Fico. Appointed on 4 April 2012,it consists of 14 members,11 from the Direction - Social Democracy party and three independents. It replaced Iveta Radicova's cabinet after gaining an absolute majority in the Slovak parliament following the 2012 Slovak parliamentary election.
Marek Maďarič is a Slovak politician for the Direction - Social Democracy. He was between 4 April 2012 and 28 February 2018 Minister of Culture in Robert Fico's Second and Third Cabinets. Maďaričresigned as minister in the aftermath of the assassination of Ján Kuciak.
Richard Raši 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 First cabinet of Robert Fico.
Peter Pellegrini is a Slovak politician who is serving as the sixth president of Slovakia since 2024. He previously served as prime minister of Slovakia from 2018 to 2020.
Robert Fico's Third Cabinet was the government of Slovakia,headed by Prime Minister Robert Fico.
Pellegrini's Cabinet is the former government of Slovakia,headed by prime minister Peter Pellegrini. It was formed on 22 March 2018,after the Prime Minister Robert Fico resigned,as a result of the popular protests following the murder of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée,Martina Kušnírová. According to the Slovak Constitution,if the Prime Minister resigns,the entire government resigns as well. Nevertheless,the composition of the government was to a large extent the same as the previous government. All members of the Smer-SD,SNS and Most-Híd parties supported the re-constructed government.
Voice –Social Democracy,is a social democratic and populist political party in Slovakia. It was founded in 2020 by dissidents from Direction –Social Democracy (Smer) led by former prime minister Peter Pellegrini. In October 2022,it was admitted as an associate member of the Party of European Socialists (PES),although its membership was later suspended in October 2023.
Early parliamentary elections were held in the Slovak Republic on 30 September 2023 to elect members of the National Council. Regular elections were scheduled to be held in 2024. However,on 15 December 2022 the government lost a no-confidence vote. Subsequently,the National Council amended the Constitution so that an early election could be held on 30 September 2023. This was the first snap election in the country since 2012.
Fico's Fourth Cabinet is the incumbent government of Slovakia. It is a three-party coalition government composed of Direction –Social Democracy,Voice –Social Democracy and the Slovak National Party.
MatúšŠutaj Eštok is a Slovak politician who has served as the Minister of Interior of Slovakia since 2023. He was an MP of the National Council.
