Politics of Slovakia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic,with a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the parliament and it can be exercised in some cases also by the government or directly by citizens.
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 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.
Dušan Tittel is a Slovak politician and former professional footballer who played as a defender. At international level,he represented Czechoslovakia and Slovakia. He was elected Slovakia Player of the Year three times.
Slovakia does not recognise same-sex marriage or civil unions. However,there is some limited legal recognition for unregistered cohabiting same-sex couples,notably with regard to inheritance rights. The Constitution of Slovakia has limited marriage to opposite-sex couples since 2014,and bills to allow same-sex civil partnerships have been introduced several times,most recently in 2023,but all have been rejected.
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 10 March 2012 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The elections followed the fall of Prime Minister Iveta Radičová's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union –Democratic Party-led coalition in October 2011 over a no confidence vote her government had lost because of its support for the European Financial Stability Fund. Amidst a major corruption scandal involving local center-right politicians,former Prime Minister Robert Fico's Direction –Social Democracy won an absolute majority of seats.
Peter Žiga is a Slovak politician and businessman,a member of the National Council for Voice –Social Democracy (Hlas-SD),and previously Direction –Social Democracy (SMER-SD). He was formerly Minister of the Environment (2012–2016) and Minister of the Economy (2016–2020) of Slovakia.
Zuzana Zvolenská is a Slovak lawyer and politician and from 4 April 2012 until 3 November 2014 she was the Minister of Health of Slovakia in Fico's Second Cabinet for the Direction –Social Democracy party.
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.
Progressive Slovakia is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Slovakia established in 2017. The party is led by Michal Šimečka,a former Vice President of the European Parliament. It is a member of the Renew Europe group and is a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. PS currently has 6 MEPs:Ľudovít Ódor,Veronika CifrováOstrihoňová,Martin Hojsík,Michal Wiezik,Ľubica Karvašová,and Lucia Yar.
Michal Šimečka is a Slovak politician,journalist,and researcher,who served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament between 2022 and 2023. He also became a Member of the European Parliament between 2019 and 2023. In 2020,Šimečka was elected vice-president of the European political group Renew Europe. He is a co-founder of the social-liberal Progressive Slovakia party,leading it from 2022.
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.
The Cabinet of Eduard Heger was the 12th government of Slovakia,led by Prime Minister Eduard Heger.
The Hungarian Alliance is a political party in Slovakia for the ethnic Hungarian minority,previously known simply as the "Alliance",it was founded when "Party of the Hungarian Community" and Most–Híd merged into "Hungarian Community Togetherness". It is led by LászlóGubík since September 2024.
Juraj Blanár is a Slovak politician. He is currently the minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia. He served as a member of the National Council from 2002 to 2006 and again from 2010 to 2023. Blanár was a Deputy Speaker of the National Council from 2020 until 2023. Between 2005 and 2017 he served as the governor of the Žilina Region. He is a member of the Direction –Social Democracy party.
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.
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.
