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

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
Milan Kňažko 6 September 1990 22 April 1991 VPN
Ján Čarnogurský (acting) 22 April 1991 6 May 1991 KDH
Pavol Demeš 6 May 1991 24 June 1992 Independent
Milan Kňažko 24 June 1992 19 March 1993 HZDS
Jozef Moravčík 19 March 1993 15 March 1994 HZDS
Eduard Kukan 15 March 1994 13 December 1994 DEÚS
Juraj Schenk 13 December 1994 27 August 1996 HZDS
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
15 October 2002 4 July 2006 SDKÚ-DS
Ján Kubiš 4 July 2006 26 January 2009 SMER-SD
Miroslav Lajčák 26 January 2009 8 July 2010 SMER-SD
Mikuláš Dzurinda 8 July 2010 4 April 2012 SDKÚ-DS
Miroslav Lajčák 4 April 2012 21 March 2020 SMER-SD
Richard Sulík (acting) 21 March 2020 8 April 2020 SaS
Ivan Korčok 8 April 2020 13 September 2022 SaS
Rastislav Káčer 13 September 2022 15 May 2023 none
Miroslav Wlachovský 15 May 2023 25 October 2023 none
Juraj Blanár 25 October 2023 Incumbent SMER-SD

References

  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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