| Office: | Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic |
| Term Start: | 12 October 1988 |
| Term End: | 22 June 1989 |
| Predecessor: | Peter Colotka |
| Successor: | Pavel Hrivnák |
| Birth Date: | 26 August 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Senica |
| Death Place: | Galanta, Slovakia |
Ivan Knotek (26 August 1936 – 11 March 2020) was a Slovak politician who served as Politburo member and prime minister from 1988 to 1989 of the Slovak Socialist Republic.
Knotek was born in Senica on 26 August 1936.[1] [2] He was a member of both the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the Slovak Communist Party.[3] Between 1969 and 1981 he was the chief secretary of the latter's district committee in Galanta.[1] He became a member of the Czech Communist Party's Politburo in April 1988.[3] He was the chairman of the Politburo's two commissions, agriculture and food commission and youth work commission between 1987 and 1988.[3] He retained his Politburo membership in the reshuffle on 10–11 October 1988.[4] [5]
He was also named prime minister on 12 October 1988, replacing Peter Colotka in the post.[6] With this appointment he automatically became the deputy federal prime minister along with the Czech Prime Minister Ladislav Adamec.[6] [7] Knotek's tenure as prime minister ended on 22 June 1989, and he was succeeded by Pavel Hrivnák in the post.[8] Then he served as the Communist Party's secretary for economic affairs.[5] In a November 1989 reshuffle, Knotek retained his post at the politburo.[9]
Knotek died in Galanta on 11 March 2020 at the age of 83.[2]