President of Slovakia
head of state of Slovakia
The President of the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Prezident Slovenskej republiky) is the head of state of Slovakia and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. The president is directly elected by the people for five years. They can serve up to two terms. The president's official residence is the Grassalkovich Palace in Bratislava.
President of the Slovak Republic
Prezident Slovenskej republiky | |
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Residence | Grassalkovich Palace Bratislava |
Appointer | Popular vote |
Term length | Five years renewable once, consecutively |
Inaugural holder | Michal Kováč 2 March 1993 |
Formation | Constitution of Slovakia |
Salary | c. 110,880 €[1] |
Website | President of the Slovak Republic |
The current president is Peter Pellegrini, who took office on 15 June 2024.
Presidents of the Slovak Republic
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President | Presidency | Party | Term | Previous office | ||
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1 | Michal Kováč 1930–2016 (Lived: 86 years) |
2 March 1993 – 2 March 1998 |
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) |
1 (1993) | Chairman of the Federal Assembly of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1992) | |
2 | Rudolf Schuster Born 1934 (90 years old) |
15 June 1999 – 15 June 2004 |
Party of Civic Understanding (SOP) |
2 (1999) | Member of the National Council (1998–1999) Mayor of Košice (1994–1999) | |
3 | Ivan Gašparovič Born 1941 (83 years old) |
15 June 2004 – 15 June 2014 |
Movement for Democracy (HZD) |
3 (2004) | Chairman of the National Council (1993–1998) | |
Independent | 4 (2009) | |||||
4 | Andrej Kiska Born 1963 (61 years old) |
15 June 2014 – 15 June 2019 |
Independent | 5 (2014) | None prior elected office | |
5 | Zuzana Čaputová Born 1973 (51 years old) |
15 June 2019 – 15 June 2024 |
Progressive Slovakia (PS) |
6 (2019) | No prior elected office | |
7 | Peter Pellegrini Born 1975 (48 years old) |
15 June 2024 – Present |
Voice – Social Democracy (Hlas) |
7 (2024) | Prime Minister of Slovakia (2018–2020) |
References
change- ↑ "ZÁKON O PLATOVÝCH POMEROCH NIEKTORÝCH ÚSTAVNÝCH ČINITEĽOV SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY" (PDF) (in Slovak). Government of Slovakia. 13 March 2013.