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Pellegrini's Cabinet
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. The cabinet was approved by the National Council on 26 March 2018 with an 81-61 vote, while protests erupted in the streets of Bratislava. It was replaced by the Cabinet of Igor Matovič after the 2020 parliamentary election. Breakdown by party nomination Composition There are several changes compared to the previous government, that came up from the last elections. Besides a fe ...
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Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the southwest, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about , with a population of over 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the fifth and sixth centuries. In the seventh century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire. In the ninth century, they established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which then became the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000. In 1241 a ...
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Slovak Constitution
Slovak may refer to: * Something from, related to, or belonging to Slovakia (''Slovenská republika'') * Slovaks, a Western Slavic ethnic group * Slovak language, an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages * Slovak, Arkansas, United States See also * Slovák, a surname * Slovák, the official newspaper of the Slovak People's Party Hlinka's Slovak People's Party ( sk, Hlinkova slovenská ľudová strana), also known as the Slovak People's Party (, SĽS) or the Hlinka Party, was a far-right Clerical fascism, clerico-fascist political party with a strong Catholic fundamentali ... * {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Gábor Gál
Gábor Gál (born 22 November 1974 in Šaľa) is a Slovak politician. From 2018 to 2020 he served as the Minister of Justice. From 2002 to 2018, he was a member of the National Council. Background Gál studied law at the Comenius University in 1998. Since graduation, he has worked as an attorney. In 2006 he shortly represented the hate-crime victim Hedviga Malinova. Political career In 2002, Gál was first elected into parliament on the list of the Party of the Hungarian Community. In 2009 he co-founded the Most–Híd party, which he represented in parliament until 2018. In 2018, he became the minister of justice, serving until the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 29 February 2020 to elect all 150 members of the National Council. The anti-corruption list led by Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO) movement emerged as the largest parliame ..., in which his party failed to pass the representation ...
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Lucia Žitňanská
Lucia Žitňanská (born 3 June 1964) is a Slovak politician and member of Most–Híd. She served as Minister of Justice in the third government of Robert Fico from 2016–2018. In 2006 she served as deputy prime minister and Minister of Justice of Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ... and in 2010 until 2012 she again served as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Iveta Radičová. She is married and has three children. References External link , - , - 1964 births Justice ministers of Slovakia Living people Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2006-2010 Politicians from Bratislava 21st-century Slovak politicians 21st-century Slovak women politicians Most–Híd politicians Women government ministers of Slovakia {{ ...
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Denisa Saková
Denisa Saková (born 17 April 1976) is a Slovak politician, member of Hlas – SD and former Minister of Interior of Slovakia from April 2018 to March 2020. Saková studied Engineering management at University of Economics in Bratislava. She subsequently worked in various companies in the IT industry. First of all at DELTA E.S., a.s. as a consultant. Between 2001 and 2003 she worked for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young in Bratislava and Berlin. From 2003 to 2007, Saková worked for E.ON IT Slovakia, s.r.o. as Director of the Application Department. She then worked for the Ministry of Interior under Minister Robert Kaliňák as Secretary of State. She was appointed Minister of Interior on 26 April 2018 by President Andrej Kiska. She was succeeded as Minister of Interior by Roman Mikulec ( OĽaNO) after the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 29 February 2020 to elect all 150 members of the National Council. The anti-corruption l ...
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Andrea Kalavská
Andrea Kalavská, (née Augustínová (born 28 November 1977 in Trenčín) is a Slovak physicist and politician. She served as the Minister of Health between 2018 and 2019. Prior to that she served as a State Secretary at the Health Ministry under minister Tomáš Drucker. On 9 December 2019, she resigned after her healthcare reform proposals failed the approval process in the parliament. Following the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, she served as a special advisor to the Prime Minister Igor Matovič Igor Matovič (born May 11, 1973) is a Slovak politician and former businessman. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and Minister of Finance from April 2021 to December 2022 and Prime Minister from March 2020 to March 2021. ... for handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Early life Kalavská graduated in medicine from the Comenius University in 2003. She obtained her Phd in public health from the University of Trnava and Master of Health Administration ...
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Tomáš Drucker
Tomáš Drucker (born 20 July 1978) is a Slovak manager and politician who serves as the Minister of Education. From 2016 to 2018, he served as the Minister of Health and subsequently the Minister of Interior Affairs for less than a month in March and April 2018. He is a graduate of the London Business School's Sloan program. Early life Drucker studied computer science at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and law at the University of Trnava. In 2023, he obtained the Sloan Master in Management and Leadership (MSc Sloan) from the London Business School. Business career Between 1997 and 2012, Drucker worked in the private sector in management positions while having served on boards of various public enterprises from 2006. In 2012, Drucker became the CEO of Slovenská pošta, a state-run mail service giant, which he managed to make profitable while avoiding large-scale layoffs. Drucker made a fundamental impact on the positive management whilst creating new are ...
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Robert Kaliňák
Robert Kaliňák (born 11 May 1971) is a Slovak politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior of Slovakia from 4 July 2006 to 12 March 2018. He is a member of the Direction – Social Democracy party. Kaliňák previously served as Minister of the Interior from 4 July 2006 to 8 July 2010. Kaliňák resigned on 12 March 2018 after the murder of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak. He left as the longest serving minister in the history of modern Slovakia. Early life and education Robert Kaliňák was born on 11 May 1971 in Bratislava. His father was a sailor and his mother worked as a teacher. After graduating from a technical school, he enrolled at the Law Faculty of the Comenius University in Bratislava from 1989 to 1995. During the Velvet Revolution of 1989, he took part as a member of the coordinating committee in the student movement. While studying, he successfully entered the world of entrepreneurship in 1990 by opening a student restaurant, and ...
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Richard Raši
Richard Raši (born 2 April 1971) 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 ( sk, Hlas – sociálna demokracia) 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. Early life and education Born 2 April 1971 in Kosice, Raši studied medicine at the Medical faculty at the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik from 1989, receiving his medical degree in 1995. After specializing as a trauma surgeon he received his master's degree in the field of public health at the Slovak Medical University in 2004, six years later he received his PhD degree in the same field at Technical University of Košice. Career Immediately after graduation, he started work as a trauma surgeon intern at the University Hospital of L. Pasteur in Kosice. By 2004, he ...
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2020 Slovak Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 29 February 2020 to elect all 150 members of the National Council. The anti-corruption list led by Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO) movement emerged as the largest parliamentary group, winning 53 seats. The ruling coalition comprising Direction – Social Democracy (SMER–SD), the Slovak National Party (SNS), and Most–Híd (MH), led by Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini of SMER–SD, won only 38, with both the SNS and MH losing their parliamentary representation. It was the first time since the 2006 elections that SMER–SD did not emerge as the party with the most seats. As no party or electoral coalition won a majority of seats, a coalition government was needed. On 13 March, Matovič announced he had reached an agreement for a governing coalition with We Are Family (SR), Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and For the People (ZĽ), though they had not agreed upon a common governing program. On 21 March, Presi ...
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Bratislava
Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approximately 140% of the official figures. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia at the foot of the Little Carpathians, occupying both banks of the River Danube and the left bank of the Morava (river), River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two sovereign states. The city's history has been influenced by people of many nations and religions, including Austrians, Bulgarians, Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarian people, Hungarians, Jews, Romani people, Romani, Serbs and Slovaks. It was the coronation site and legislative center and capital of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783; eleven King of Hungary, Hungarian kings and eight queens were crowned in St Martin's Cathedral, Bratislava, St Martin' ...
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