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Ivan Korčok (born 4 April 1964) is a Slovak politician. He served as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the Matovič Cabinet led by 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. ...
from April 2020 until his resignation in late March 2021. He was appointed back on the 1 April 2021 under Eduard Heger's Cabinet. In 2018, he won the Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award. On 24 March 2021, he resigned amidst a wave of mass resignations in the Slovak government due to the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Initially, President
Zuzana Čaputová Zuzana Čaputová, (; Strapáková; born 21 June 1973) is a Slovak politician, lawyer and environmental activist. She is the fifth president of Slovakia, a position she has held since 15 June 2019. Čaputová is the first woman to hold the presi ...
had demanded the resignation of 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. ...
. In September 2022 he resigned along with the other SaS-nominated ministers due to a disagreement with the politics of
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. ...
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Personal life

He is married and with wife Soňa has two sons.


Honours and awards


Nongovernmental organizations

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Memorial Medal of Tree of Peace The Memorial Medal of Tree of Peace ( Slovak: ''Pamätná medaila Stromu pokoja'') is the second highest award awarded since 2020 by Servare et Manere, the Slovak non-governmental organization. The award was first awarded on September 28, 202 ...
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References

1964 births Ambassadors of Slovakia to Germany Ambassadors of Slovakia to the United States Comenius University alumni Foreign Ministers of Slovakia Living people Politicians from Banská Bystrica Slovak diplomats 20th-century Slovak politicians 21st-century Slovak politicians {{Slovakia-politician-stub