Peter Kmec | |
|---|---|
| Kmec in 2014 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia for European Union Subsidies and the Recovery Plan | |
| Assumed office 25 October 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Fico |
| Preceded by | Lívia Vašáková |
| Member of the National Council | |
| In office 20 March 2020 –25 October 2023 | |
| Ambassadorial Positions | |
| In office 2007–2018 | |
| 2012–2018 | United States |
| 2007–2012 | Sweden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1966 Nitra,Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Voice –Social Democracy (since 2020) |
| Other political affiliations | Direction –Social Democracy (until 2020) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Peter Kmec (born 11 November 1966) is a Slovak diplomat and politician who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister for European Funding of Slovakia since 2023.
Kmec was born on 11 November 1966 in Nitra. [1] Between 1985 and 1990,he studied at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. [2] Kmec was the ambassador of Slovakia to Sweden from 2007 until 2012,later the United States from 2012 until 2018. [3] [4]
In 2020,Kmec was elected as an MP of the National Council of Slovakia on the list of Direction –Social Democracy. [5] Soon after the election,he joined the Voice –Social Democracy party,which split from Smer. [6]
As a member of Voice,Kmec served as the main foreign policy expert,until a video was published by a Smer activist showing Kmec agreeing with government foreign policy experts in the need for pro-Western focus of Slovak politics. The video was used by Smer to accuse Voice of planning to form government with liberal parties,rather than pro-Russian Smer after the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election. As a result,Kmec lost his position as the Voice foreign policy expert. [7] Following the election,Kmec became deputy prime minister as well as Minister of European Union Subsidies and the Recovery Plan in Fico's Fourth Cabinet. [2]