Politics of Slovakia

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Politics of Slovakia Politika Slovenska
Coat of arms of Slovakia
Polity type	Unitary parliamentary republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Slovak Republic (1992)
Formation	1 January 1993
Legislative branch
Name	National Council
Type	Unicameral
Meeting place	Parliament Building, Bratislava
Presiding officer	Peter Pellegrini, Speaker of the National Council of Slovakia
Appointer	Open list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold (7% for two-, three-party alliances; 10% for four-or-more party alliance) allocated under the largest remainder method with Hagenbach-Bischoff quota[1]
Executive branch
Head of State
Title	President
Currently	Zuzana Čaputová
Appointer	Direct popular vote, two-round system
Head of Government
Title	Prime Minister
Currently	Robert Fico
Appointer	National Council
Cabinet
Name	Government of Slovakia
Current cabinet	Fico's Fourth Cabinet
Leader	Prime Minister
Deputy leader	Robert Kaliňák, Deputy Prime Minister Denisa Saková, Deputy Prime Minister Tomáš Taraba, Deputy Prime Minister Peter Kmec, Deputy Prime Minister
Appointer	National Council
Headquarters	Episcopal Summer Palace, Bratislava
Ministries	17
Judicial branch
Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic
Chief judge	Ján Šikuta
Seat	Bratislava
Constitutional Court of Slovakia
Chief judge	Ivan Fiačan
Seat	Košice

Politics of Slovakia
Constitution Constitutional Court 1939 constitution
Executive President Zuzana Čaputová Government Prime Minister: Robert Fico
Legislature National Council Speaker: Peter Pellegrini
Recent elections Parliamentary 2012 2016 2020 2023 Presidential 2004 2009 2014 2019 European 2009 2014 2019 2024
Political parties Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) Democratic and Christian Union – DP (SDKÚ) Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Most–Híd National Party (SNS) Hungarian Coalition (SMK–MKP) People's Party – MDS (HZDS)
Administrative divisions Regions Districts Municipalities
Foreign relations Relations with Hungary
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Politics of Slovakia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the parliament and it can be exercised in some cases also by the government or directly by citizens.

Executive power is exercised by the government led by the Prime Minister. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The President is the head of the state. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Slovakia a "flawed democracy" in 2022.^[2] According to the V-Dem Democracy indices Slovakia was 2023 the 18th most electoral democratic country in the world.^[3]