Minister of Foreign and European Affairs

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	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

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Slovakia)