The Ministry of Defence of the

Slovak Republic 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 ...

( sk, Ministerstvo obrany Slovenskej republiky, MO SR) is the primary agency of the

responsible for the planning and carrying-out of

defense policy Military policy (also called defence policy or defense policy) is public policy dealing with multinational security and the military. It comprises the measures and initiatives that governments do or do not take in relation to decision-making and ...

. It is the direct successor of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Defence. Its current headquarters is located in

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 — approxim ...

. The current minister is Jaroslav Naď.

List of Ministers

* Imrich Andrejčák (16 March 1993 – 15 March 1994) * Pavol Kanis (15 March 1994 – 13 December 1994) *

Ján Sitek Ján is a Slovak form of the name John. Famous people named Ján * Ján Bahýľ, inventor * Ján Čapkovič, football player * Ján Čarnogurský, former Prime Minister of Slovakia * Ján Cikker, composer * Ján Ďurica, football player * Ján ...

(13 December 1994 – 30 October 1998) * Pavol Kanis (30 October 1998 – 2 January 2001) * Jozef Stank (2 January 2001 – 15 October 2002) *

Ivan Šimko Ivan Šimko (born January 1, 1955, Bratislava) is Slovak politician and former defence minister. A founding member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) in 1990, Šimko left to co-found the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union in 2000. ...

(16 October 2002 – 24 September 2003) * Eduard Kukan (24 September 2003 – 10 October 2003) * Juraj Liška (10 October 2003 – 1 February 2006) *

Martin Fedor Martin Fedor is a member of Slovak National Council and he served as Minister of Defence of Slovakia after the resignation of Juraj Liška because of a Slovak Air Force An-24 crash in 2006. Early life Martin Fedor was born on March 4, 1974, ...

(1 February 2006 – 4 July 2006) *

František Kašický František Kašický (born 18 November 1968 in Gelnica, Czechoslovakia) was a defence minister of Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Cent ...

(4 July 2006 – 30 January 2008) * Jaroslav Baška (30 January 2008 – 8 July 2010) *

Ľubomír Galko Ľubomír Galko (; born 14 February 1968, Klieština, Považská Bystrica) is a former minister of defense of Slovakia. A former member and vice-chairman for regions of Freedom and Solidarity (Sloboda a Solidarita, SaS), he is now a member of t ...

(8 July 2010 – 28 November 2011) * Iveta Radičová (28 November 2011 – 4 April 2012) *

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 ...

(4 April 2012 – 23 March 2016) * Peter Gajdoš (23 March 2016 – 21 March 2020) * Jaroslav Naď (21 March 2020 – present)

References

External links

Official website

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Defence Defense or defence may refer to: Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups * Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare * Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks * Defense industr ...

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