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Minister of Foreign and European Affairs

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The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs (Slovak: Minister zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic and handles foreign policy of the Slovak Republic.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs

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The ministry was founded in 1990 as the "Ministry of International Relations of Slovak Republic". Since 1992, it has been known by the name "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovak Republic".[1] "European Affairs" was added to its name in 2012.[2]

Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Cabinet
Milan Kňažko 6 September 1990 22 April 1991 VPN Mečiar I
Ján Čarnogurský (acting) 22 April 1991 6 May 1991 KDH Čarnogurský
Pavol Demeš 6 May 1991 24 June 1992 Independent
Milan Kňažko 24 June 1992 19 March 1993 HZDS Mečiar II
Jozef Moravčík 19 March 1993 15 March 1994 HZDS
Eduard Kukan 15 March 1994 13 December 1994 DEÚS Moravčík
Juraj Schenk 13 December 1994 27 August 1996 HZDS Mečiar III
Pavol Hamžík September 1996 11 June 1997 HZDS
Zdenka Kramplová 11 June 1997 6 October 1998 HZDS
Jozef Kalman (acting) 6 October 1998 30 October 1998 ZRS
Eduard Kukan 30 October 1998 15 October 2002 SDK Dzurinda I
15 October 2002 4 July 2006 SDKÚ-DS Dzurinda II
Ján Kubiš 4 July 2006 26 January 2009 SMER-SD Fico I
Miroslav Lajčák 26 January 2009 8 July 2010 SMER-SD
Mikuláš Dzurinda 8 July 2010 4 April 2012 SDKÚ-DS Radičová
Miroslav Lajčák 4 April 2012 23 March 2016 SMER-SD Fico II
23 March 2016 22 March 2018 Fico III
22 March 2018 21 March 2020 Pellegrini
Richard Sulík (acting) 21 March 2020 8 April 2020 SaS Matovič
Ivan Korčok 8 April 2020 1 April 2021 SaS
1 April 2021 13 September 2022 Heger
Rastislav Káčer 13 September 2022 15 May 2023 none
Miroslav Wlachovský 15 May 2023 25 October 2023 none Ódor
Juraj Blanár 25 October 2023 Incumbent SMER-SD Fico IV

References

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  1. ^ "ZÁKON - Slovenskej národnej rady". Archived from the original on 8 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí mení svoj názov". 1 June 2012.

See also

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