Government of Slovak Republic

Political parties

Parties in the Parliament:

Christian Democratic Movement or KDH [Jan FIGEL]
Direction-Social Democracy or Smer-SD [Robert FICO]
Party of the Hungarian Coalition or SMK [Pal CSAKY]
People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia or LS-HZDS [Vladimir MECIAR] Slovak Democratic and Christian Union-Democratic Party or SDKU-DS [Mikulas DZURINDA]
Slovak National Party or SNS [Jan SLOTA]

Selected parties outside the Parliament:

Agrarian Party of the Provinces or ASV [Vladimir GOZORA]
Alliance of the New Citizen or ANO [Pavol RUSKO]
Bridge or Most-Hid [Bela BUGAR]
Civic Conservative Party or OKS [Peter ZAJAC]
Conservative Democrats of Slovakia or KDS [Vladimir PALKO]
Freedom and Solidarity or SaS [Richard SULIK]
Free Forum [Zuzana MARTINAKOVA]
Green Party or SZ [Peter PILINSKY]
Mission 21 - New Christian Democracy or MISIA 21 [Ivan SIMKO]
Movement for Democracy or HZD [Jozef GRAPA]
Party of the Democratic Left or SDL [Ladislav KOZMON]
Prosperita Slovenska or PS [Frantisek A. ZVRSKOVEC]
Slovak Communist Party or KSS [Jozef HRDLICKA]
Slovak People's Party or SLS [Jozef SASIK]
Union of the Workers of Slovakia or ZRS [Jan LUPTAK]


Executive branch

Chief of state:
President Ivan GASPAROVIC (since 15 June 2004)
Head of government: Prime Minister Robert FICO (since 4 July 2006)
Deputy Prime Ministers Dusan CAPLOVIC, Robert KALINAK, Jan MIKOLAJ (since 4 July 2006), Viera PETRIKOVA (since 3 July 2009)
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister

Elections:

president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 21 March and 4 April 2009 (next to be held no later than April 2014); following National Council elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of a majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the president
election results: Ivan GASPAROVIC reelected president in runoff; percent of vote - Ivan GASPAROVIC 55.5%, Iveta RADICOVA 44

Legislative branch

unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic or Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky (150 seats; members are elected on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 17 June 2006 (next to be held in 2010)
election results: percent of vote by party - Smer 29.1%, SDKU 18.4%, SMK 11.7%, SNS 11.7%, LS-HZDS 8.8%, KDH 8.3%, other 12%; seats by party - Smer 50, SDKU 31, SMK 20, SNS 19, LS-HZDS 16, KDH 14

Judicial branch

Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Council); Constitutional Court (judges appointed by president from group of nominees approved by the National Council); Special Court (judges elected by a council of judges and appointed by president)

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Address of headquarters:

Narodna banka Slovenska
Imricha Karvasa 1
813 25 Bratislava

Telephone:
+421/2/5787 1111
+421/2/5865 1111

Fax: +421/2/5787 1100

SWIFT: NBSB SK BX

Ministry of Finance of the Slovak republic
Štefanovičova 5
P. O. BOX 82
817 82 BRATISLAVA

Phone: 00421/2/5958 1111

Fax: 00421/2/5249 8042

E-mail: podatelna@mfsr.sk

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