The following lists events that happened during

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

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 ...

Incumbents

Head of State

2015 is the first full year of the 4th President

Andrej Kiska Andrej Kiska (; born 2 February 1963) is a Slovak politician, entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist who served as the fourth president of Slovakia from 2014 to 2019. He ran as an independent candidate in the 2014 presidential election in whic ...

, elected as an independent candidate in the 2014. *

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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(Independent)

Government

2015 is the last full year of the 8th National Council. Next parliamentary elections will be held on or before 5 March 2016. The Robert Fico's Second Cabinet, elected in 2012 consisted solely from

Direction – Social Democracy Direction may refer to: *Relative direction, for instance left, right, forward, backwards, up, and down ** Anatomical terms of location for those used in anatomy ** List of ship directions *Cardinal direction Mathematics and science *Direction ...

party ( sk, Smer – sociálna demokracia, abbreviated ''Smer-SD''), continues. * Speaker of the National Council –

Peter Pellegrini Peter Pellegrini (; born 6 October 1975) is a Slovak politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia from 2018 to 2020 and Minister of Health from December 2019 to March 2020. He previously served as deputy prime minister (2016–2018) an ...

(Smer-SD) *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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Robert Fico Robert Fico (; born 15 September 1964) is a Slovak politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2018 (when he resigned). He has been the first leader of the Direction – Social Democracy (SMER-SD) p ...

(Smer-SD) *

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

– Miroslav Lanjčák (Independent) * Minister of Interior –

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 pr ...

(Smer-SD) * Minister of Finance –

Peter Kažimír Peter Kažimír (born 28 June 1968 in Košice, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia)) is a Slovak central banker and former politician, currently serving as the Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS). He previously served as the ...

(Smer-SD) * Minister of Defence –

Martin Glváč Martin Glváč () born 20 November 1967) is a Slovak politician for the Direction - Social Democracy ( sk, Smer-SD). He was Minister of Defence in Fico's Second Cabinet from 2012 to 2016. and a Deputy Speaker of the National Council between 2016 ...

(Smer-SD)

Major parties' leaders

;Parties in National Council *

( sk, Smer – sociálna demokracia, abbreviated ''Smer-SD'') –

Christian Democratic Movement The Christian Democratic Movement ( sk, Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie, KDH) is a Christian-democratic political party in Slovakia that is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and an observer of the Centrist Democrat International. H ...

( sk, Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie, abbreviated ''KDH'') –

Ján Figeľ Ján Figeľ (born 20 January 1960 in Čaklov) is a Slovak politician. Figeľ served as European Commissioner from 2004 to 2009, then as Slovak minister of Transports from 2010 to 2012. From 2016 to 2019 he was European Commission special envo ...

Ordinary People and Independent Personalities Ordinary People and Independent Personalities) ( sk, Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti) is a conservative political party in Slovakia. The anti-establishment party founded in 2011 won the 2020 parliamentary election on an anti-corrupt ...

( sk, Obyčajní Ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti, abbreviated ''OĽaNO'') –

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. ...

Most–Híd Most–Híd (, ; from the Slovak and Hungarian words for "bridge") was an inter-ethnic political party in Slovakia. Its programme calls for greater cooperation between the country's Hungarian minority and ethnic Slovak majority. It was one of ...

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Béla Bugár Béla Bugár (born 7 July 1958) is a Slovak politician of Hungarian ethnicity. He was a member of the Slovak parliament from 1992 to 2020, briefly serving as its acting Speaker in 2006. He was the former leader of the political party Most–H� ...

Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party ( sk, Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia – Demokratická strana, SDKÚ-DS) was a liberal-conservative, Christian-democratic political party in Slovakia. The SDKÚ-DS was a m ...

( sk, Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia – Demokratická strana, abbreviated ''SDKÚ-DS'') –

Pavol Frešo Pavol Frešo (born 21 April 1969) is a Slovak former politician who was the last chairman of SDKÚ-DS, Governor of the Bratislava Region, and an MP of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. Life Frešo was born on 21 April 1969 in Br ...

Freedom and Solidarity Freedom and Solidarity ( sk, Sloboda a solidarita, SaS) is a liberal political party in Slovakia. Established in 2009, SaS is led by its founder and economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system. It generally holds libertaria ...

( sk, Sloboda a Solidarita, abbreviated ''SaS'') –

Richard Sulík Richard Sulík (; born 12 January 1968) is a Slovak politician, economist and businessman. He is the leader of the political party Freedom and Solidarity and served as Deputy Prime Minister for Economy and Minister of Economy in Government of Sl ...

;Major extra-parliamentary parties *

Network Network, networking and networked may refer to: Science and technology * Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects * Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks Mathematics ...

( sk, SIEŤ) –

Radoslav Procházka Radoslav Procházka (born 31 March 1972) is a Slovak lawyer, former politician and former leader of the political party Sieť. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 2014 Slovak presidential election, running as an independent. As the leader of th ...

* Slovak Civic Coalition ( sk, Slovenská občianska koalícia, abbreviated ''SKOK!'') – Juraj Miškov *

Slovak National Party The Slovak National Party ( sk, Slovenská národná strana, SNS) is a nationalist political party in Slovakia. The party characterizes itself as a nationalist party based on both social and the European Christian values. Since 1990 SNS has won ...

( sk, Slovenská národná strana, abbreviated ''SNS'') –

Andrej Danko Andrej Danko (born 12 August 1974) is a Slovak politician who has been Speaker (politics), Speaker of the National Council (Slovakia), National Council of the Slovak Republic from 2016 to 2020 and Chairman of the Slovak National Party since 2012 ...

Party of the Hungarian Community The Party of the Hungarian Community ( hu, Magyar Közösség Pártja, sk, Strana maďarskej komunity; SMK-MKP), formerly known as Party of the Hungarian Coalition ( hu, Magyar Koalíció Pártja, sk, Strana maďarskej koalície), was a politi ...

( Slovak & Hungarian: , abbreviated ''SMK-MKP'') – József Berényi

Other state leading representatives

* Head of the

Constitutional Court of Slovakia Building of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia in Košice The Constitutional Court of Slovakia (officially Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, sk, Ústavný súd Slovenskej republiky) is a special court established by the Constituti ...

– Ivetta Macejková

Chairpersons of Self-governing Regions

* Bratislava Self-governing Region –

(coalition of SDKÚ-DS, KDH, Most–Híd, SMK-MKP, OKS, SaS, SZ) *

Trnava Self-governing Region Trnava (, german: Tyrnau; hu, Nagyszombat, also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, to the northeast of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of a ''kraj'' (Trnava Region) and of an '' okres'' (Trnav ...

– Tibor Mikuš (Independent) * Trenčín Self-governing Region –

Jaroslav Baška Jaroslav Baška (born 5 April 1975 in Považská Bystrica) is a Slovak politician. Baška has served as a member of the National Council in the Direction – Slovak Social Democracy caucus since 2002. In addition, he has been the governor of Tre ...

(Smer-SD) * Nitra Self-governing Region – Milan Belica (coalition of Smer-SD, SNS, ASV) * Banská Bystrica Self-governing Region –

Marian Kotleba Marian Kotleba (; born 7 April 1977) is a Slovak politician and leader of the far-right, neo-Nazi

( ĽSNS) * Žilina Self-governing Region – Juraj Blanár (coalition of HZD, SNS, Smer-SD) *

Košice Self-governing Region The Košice Self-governing Region ( sk, Košický samosprávny kraj, ''KSK'') or the Košice Higher Territorial Unit (Slovak: ''Košický vyšší územný celok'', ''KVÚC'') is one of Slovakia's eight "self-governing regions" whose territory is ...

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Zdenko Trebuľa Zdenko Trebuľa (born on September 29, 1955 in Martin, Slovakia, Martin, Czechoslovakia) was the Mayor of the town of Košice (from 1999 to 2006), then the President (government title), President of the Košice Self-governing Region (from January 2 ...

(Smer-SD) * Prešov Self-governing Region – Peter Chudík (coalition of Smer-SD, HZD, SNS)

Events

January

January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...

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in his New Year's speech stressed need to fight corruption, need for political activism, reducing bureaucracy. Kiska also described situation in Ukraine as a breach of Ukrainian territorial sovereignty and interference with the political independence of the country. *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...

– 46th Session of the National Council (to February 13)

February

February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...

– Regulation No. 1 of 2015 of the Slovak Republic Ministry of Interior on granting state citizenship of the Slovak Republic for specific reasons came into force. The regulation allows granting the citizenship to former Slovakia's citizens who lost citizenship after January 1, 1993, including those, who lost citizenship due to acquisition of foreign country's citizenship, under the Act No. 250/2010 Coll. of laws Amending and Supplementing the Act No. 40/1993 on State Citizenship *

February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 &nd ...

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2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum A referendum on banning same-sex marriage was held in Slovakia on 7 February 2015. Critics claimed the referendum was pushed by religious and conservative organisations, aiming to block gay couples from gaining more rights. The referendum was n ...

failed with only 21.4% of citizens casting a vote *

February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. * 1268 &ndas ...

– 47th Session of the National Council

Deaths

January

* 1 January – Drahoslav Machala, writer and journalist (b. 1947) * 2 January –

Arpád Račko The statue of the Košice's Coat-of-arms Arpád Račko (July 17, 1930 – January 2, 2015) was a Slovak sculptor. He was born in Szolnok, Hungary and lived in Košice. Arpád Račko studied at the prestigious Academy of Creative Arts in Pragu ...

, sculptor (b. 1930)

February

* 1 February – Martin Ťapák, film director, actor, dancer and choreographer (b. 1926) * 15 February – Michal Benčík, lawyer, politician of former

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Czech and Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Československa'', KSČ) was a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Cominte ...

and later Party of the Democratic Left, member of Czechoslovak Federal Assembly and Slovak National Council (b. 1932)

March

* 15 March – Ján Kulich, sculptor (b. 1930) * 15 March – Marián Mikluš, army major-general and

Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (United States) * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Afg ...

in 1998 (b. 1953) * 22 March –

Peter Pišťanek Peter Pišťanek (28 April 1960 – 22 March 2015) was a Slovak writer. He began publishing short stories in the 1980s, and his first novel, ''Rivers of Babylon'', came out in 1991. This was adapted into a film of the same name in 1998 by Vladi ...

, writer (b. 1960) * 26 March – Kornel Földvári, poet, journalist, art and literature critic and translator (b. 1932) * 27 March – Martin Porubjak, college professor, dramaturge, playwright, theater and film scriptwriter and director (b. 1944) * 29 March – Ivan Niňaj, sports commentator (b. 1954)

April

* 11 April – Braňo Hochel, writer, university associate professor, literary scholar, translator and politician of Democratic Party (b. 1951) * 26 April – Pavol Sedláček, medical doctor, politician of former

People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia Former headquarters of the ĽS-HZDS political party at Tomášikova Street 32/A in Bratislava The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( sk, Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko, HZDS) was a national-populist political party in Slovakia. The party ...

and Chairman of Trenčín Self-governing Region in 2006–2013 (b. 1949) {{Europe topic, 2015 in 2010s in Slovakia

Years of the 21st century in Slovakia