Ministry of Defence (Slovakia)

The Ministry of Defence of Slovakia (Slovak: Ministerstvo obrany Slovenskej republiky, MO SR) is responsible for the planning and carrying-out of defense policy. It is the direct successor of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Defence. Its current headquarters is located in Bratislava.

List of ministers

Imrich Andrejčák (16 March 1993 – 15 March 1994)
Pavol Kanis [sk] (15 March 1994 – 13 December 1994)
Ján Sitek [sk] (13 December 1994 – 30 October 1998)
Pavol Kanis (30 October 1998 – 2 January 2001)
Jozef Stank (2 January 2001 – 15 October 2002)
Ivan Šimko (16 October 2002 – 24 September 2003)
Eduard Kukan (24 September 2003 – 10 October 2003)
Juraj Liška [sk] (10 October 2003 – 1 February 2006)
Martin Fedor (1 February 2006 – 4 July 2006)
František Kašický (4 July 2006 – 30 January 2008)
Jaroslav Baška (30 January 2008 – 8 July 2010)
Ľubomír Galko (8 July 2010 – 28 November 2011)
Iveta Radičová (28 November 2011 – 4 April 2012)
Martin Glváč (4 April 2012 – 23 March 2016)
Peter Gajdoš [sk] (23 March 2016 – 21 March 2020)
Jaroslav Naď (21 March 2020 – 15 May 2023)^[1]
Martin Sklenár (15 May 2023 – 25 October 2023)
Robert Kaliňák (25 October 2023 – present)^[2]

References

^ "Demokrati navrhnú za šéfa výboru pre obranu Naďa". SME (in Slovak). 16 May 2023.
^ "VIDEO: Prezidentka vymenovala novú vládu, povedie ju R. Fico". Teraz (in Slovak). Bratislava: TASR. 25 October 2023.