The National Council of the Slovak Republic is the national parliament of Slovakia. It is unicameral and consists of 150 members, who are elected by universal suffrage under proportional representation with seats distributed via largest remainder method with Hagenbach-Bischoff quota every four years.
Rada is the term for "parliament" or "assembly" or some other "council" in several Slavic languages. Normally it is translated as "council". Sometimes it corresponds to "parliament", or in Soviet Union contexts, to "soviet". It also carries a meaning of advice, as in the English word "counsel".
There are five types of elections in Slovakia: municipal elections, regional elections, parliamentary elections, presidential elections and elections to the European Parliament. All four types of elections are normally held after fixed periods, although early elections can occur in certain situations. Elections are conventionally scheduled for a Saturday - the polls normally open at 7:00 in the morning and close at 22:00 in the evening. Citizens aged 18 years or older are eligible to vote. Those serving prison sentences for particularly serious crimes, as well as those deprived of legal capacity, including persons with mental disabilities, are denied the right to vote. Voter registration is passive and decentralized with the voter register maintained by municipalities based on the permanent residence register. Voter lists are updated continuously based on municipal records and input provided by state institutions or other municipalities. Voters may verify their data in voter lists, and, if necessary, request correction until the day before election day. On election day, a voter can be added to a voter list upon presenting an identity card with proof of residency. Some 4.4 million voters are registered and valid to vote in the elections. Voters are only able to vote from abroad during the Parliamentary Elections in Slovakia.
Jana Vaľová is a politician of the Slovak Republic. She has been a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, a district chairperson of the social-democratic political party Direction – Social Democracy, and Mayor of Humenné.
Zuzana Števulová is a Slovak politician, lawyer, lecturer and migrants' rights activist. She was the first Slovak to be given an International Women of Courage Award. In 2023 she was elected as an MP of the National Council of Slovakia.
Milan Uhrík is a Slovak politician and non-inscrit MEP. He is a former deputy of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for the far-right People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) and member of the Foreign Committee of the Slovak Republic.
Natália Milanová is a Slovak politician, who has served as the Minister of Culture in the Government of Slovakia since 2020. She was appointed by Prime Minister Igor Matovič after the 2020 election.
The Republic Movement is an extremist far-right political party in Slovakia led by Milan Uhrík. The party is often regarded as neo-fascist despite some political experts contesting this description.
Jozef Burian was a Slovak politician. A member of Direction – Slovak Social Democracy, he served in the National Council from 2002 to 2020. He died on 24 December 2021, at the age of 60.
Andrej Stančík is a Slovak politician, who has been an MP of the National Council since 2020. He is a member of the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽANO) movement caucus.
Jana Bittó Cigániková is a Slovak politician, serving as an MP of the National Council since 2016. She is a member of the Freedom and Solidarity party.
Vladimír Ledecký, M.Sc. is a Slovak politician, member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and former state secretary at the Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic. He was a member of the presidency of the ZA ĽUDÍ party, where he acted as a guarantor for regional development. From 1998 to 2020 he was the mayor of Spišský Hrhov, from 2005 to 2022 he also served as a deputy of the Prešov self-governing region. He is currently a member of the SaS parliamentary club.
Vladimíra Marcinková is a Slovak politician, since 2020 a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, where she currently also serves as the chairperson of the Committee for European Affairs. She is currently a member of the SaS parliamentary club, also running for the party as a non-member candidate in 2023 Slovak parliamentary election.
Martin Čepček is a Slovak activist and politician. He has served as a Member of the National Council since 2020.
Edita Pfundtner is a Slovak lawyer and politician. From 2010 to 2012 and again from 2014 to 2018 she was a Member of the National Council. From 2018 to 2020 and from 2022 to 2023 she Served as the State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice and the office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Ľubomír Vážny is a Slovak politician. He is a former Minister of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic. He served from 4 July 2006 to 8 July 2010. From 2012 to 2016, he was Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investments. From 24 July 2017 to 9 September 2020, he was the Director General of the Social Insurance Institution.
Dušan Muňko is a Slovak politician, since 2002 intermittently a current member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for the SMER – Social Democracy party. He also held the office of State Secretary at the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic and Director General of the Social Insurance Institution.
Juraj Krúpa is a Slovak security analyst and a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.
Ondrej Prostredník is a Slovak evangelical priest, theologian, university lecturer and politician. He is member of the Progressive Slovakia party. Since 2023, he has served as a MP of the National Council of Slovakia.
