List of Presidents of Slovakia
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This is a list of the Presidents of Slovakia.
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[edit] Slovakia (1939-1945)
- Jozef Tiso (26 October 1939 - 3 April 1945.)
[edit] Slovakia since 1993
The President of Slovakia is the head of state of Slovakia. Most of his powers are ceremonial. When Slovakia permanently split from Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Prime Minister served as acting President. Then the President was elected by Parliament for a 5-year term. However, when in 1998 the Parliament was unable to choose a President, the Prime Minister and speaker of Parliament became acting Presidents. When after a year the Parliament still could not come to an agreement on the President, the constitution was changed so that the President would be elected by all the voters for a 5-year term. Presidential elections have been held in 1999 and 2004. In order to become President, a candidate must have 50% of the popular vote. If this does not happen in the first round, a runoff is held.
[*] | President | Took office | Left office | Party | Prime Minister | |
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1 | Michal Kováč | 2 March 1993 | 2 March 1998 | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | Vladimír Mečiar (1993-1994) Jozef Moravčík (1994-1994) Vladimír Mečiar (1994-1998) | |
2 | Rudolf Schuster | 15 June 1999 | 15 June 2004 | Party of Civic Understanding | Mikuláš Dzurinda
(1998-2006) |
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3 | Ivan Gašparovič | 15 June 2004 | Incumbent | Movement for Democracy | Mikuláš Dzurinda
(1998-2006) Robert Fico (2006-) |
The Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament served as acting President:
- Vladimír Mečiar (1 January 1993 – 2 March 1993)
- Vladimír Mečiar (2 March 1998 – 30 October 1998) and Ivan Gašparovič (14 July 1998 – 30 October 1998)
- Mikuláš Dzurinda (30 October 1998 – 15 June 1999) and Jozef Migaš (30 October 1998 – 15 June 1999)
[edit] Latest election
Candidates and nominating parties | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |
Ivan Gašparovič (Smer, SNS, HZD) | 876,061 | 46.71 | 1,234,787 | 55.53 |
Iveta Radičová (SDKÚ–DS, SMK, KDH, OKS) | 713,735 | 38.05 | 988,808 | 44.47 |
František Mikloško (KDS) | 101,573 | 5.42 | — | — |
Zuzana Martináková (SF) | 96,035 | 5.12 | — | — |
Milan Melník (HZDS) | 45,985 | 2.45 | — | — |
Dagmara Bollová | 21,378 | 1.14 | — | — |
Milan Sidor (KSS) | 20,862 | 1.11 | — | — |
Total (turnout 43.63% / 51.67%) | 1,875,629 | 100.00 | 2,223,595 | 100.00 |
Sources: statistics.sk, volbysr.sk |
[edit] See also
- List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia
- List of Prime Ministers of Slovakia
- List of leaders of Slovak parliaments
- List of rulers of Slovakia
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