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]

	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	Čarnogurský
Milan Kňažko	24 June 1992	19 March 1993	HZDS	Mečiar II
Jozef Moravčík	19 March 1993	15 March 1994	HZDS	Mečiar II
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
Eduard Kukan	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	Fico I
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	24 March 2021	SaS
Jaroslav Naď (acting)	24 March 2021	1 April 2021	OĽaNO
Ivan Korčok	1 April 2021	13 September 2022	SaS	Heger
Rastislav Káčer	13 September 2022	15 May 2023	none	Heger
Miroslav Wlachovský	15 May 2023	25 October 2023	none	Ódor
Juraj Blanár	25 October 2023	Incumbent	SMER-SD	Fico IV