Michal Palkovič (born 11 June 1974) is a Slovak pathologist. He served as the State Secretary in charge of the Ministry of Health since March 2023 and has Minister of Health from May to October 2023.

Biography

Palkovič was born in Bratislava. He studied medicine at the Comenius University, graduating in 1999. In 2006 he received a Ph.D. in Pathology from the same university. He has taught both at the Comenius University as well as the

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. In 2005 he has been employed at the Healthcare Surveillance Authority, where he has led the Pathology section. He was involved with digitalization of autopsy documentation as well as establishing a system for reporting the COVID-19 pandemic victims in Slovakia. On 14 March 2023 the Prime Minister Eduard Heger put Palkovič in charge of the Health Ministry following the resignation of

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. The government had previously failed a no-confidence vote and thus it was not allowed to add new ministers. For this reason, Palkovič was formally appointed a State Secretary and Heger himself took the position of the interim health minister. As Heger was already the interim Finance and Economy minister, Palkovič was given the authority to ''de facto'' lead the ministry. Following the collapse of the

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, the president Zuzana Čaputová appointed Palkovič to the office of the Minister of Health in the technocratic government of

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