2019 in Slovakia explained

Events in the year 2019 in Slovakia.

Incumbents

• President – Andrej Kiska (Independent) (until 15 June), Zuzana Čaputová (Independent) (starting 15 June)
  • Prime Minister – Peter Pellegrini Speaker of the National Council – Andrej Danko

Events

• 16 March — Scheduled date for the 2019 Slovak presidential election
• 30 March — Zuzana Čaputová is elected president, the first female president in Slovakia's history.^[1]
• 29 April — The Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic rejects a motion to dissolve the far-right Nationalist People's Party Our Slovakia.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Deaths

• 13 February – Miroslav Kusý, 87, political scientist^[5]
• 20 April – Peter Colotka, 94, academic, lawyer and politician, former Prime Minister^[6]
• 9 November – Jozef Tuchyňa, 77, general and politician^[7]

See also

• 2019 European Parliament election

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liberal Lawyer Wins Election To Become Slovakia's First Female President. NDTV. April 1, 2019. April 1, 2019.
2. News: 2019-04-29 . Slovak court denies motion to ban far-right party . en . Reuters . 2023-04-17.
3. Web site: 2019-04-29 . Slovak court rejects to ban parliamentary far right party . 2023-04-17 . AP NEWS . en.
4. Web site: 2019-04-29 . Slovak court rejects bid to ban far-right party . 2023-04-17 . RFI . en.
5. Web site: Elhunyt a politológus Miroslav Kusý . parameter.sk . hu . 17 February 2019.
6. https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/509623-vo-veku-94-rokov-zomrel-vysoky-komunisticky-politik-peter-colotka/ Vo veku 94 rokov zomrel vysoký komunistický politik Peter Colotka
7. Web site: Zomrel Jozef Tuchyňa, bývalý minister a náčelník generálneho štábu . domov.sme.sk . 3 June 2024 . sk.