| Viliam Karas | |
| Office: | Minister of Justice of the Slovak Republic |
| Term Start: | 13 September 2022 |
| Term End: | 15 May 2023 |
| Primeminister: | Eduard Heger |
| Predecessor: | Mária Kolíková |
| Successor: | Jana Dubovcová |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Prešov, Czechoslovakia |
| Party: | KDH (2023–present) |
| Children: | 4 |
| Alma Mater: | Comenius University University of Trnava |
Viliam Karas (born 2 April 1976) is a Slovak lawyer and politician. He served as the Minister of Justice of Slovakia from September 2022 to May 2023.
Karas was born in Prešov on 2 April 1976.[1] He studied law at the Comenius University, graduating in 1999,[2] and was awarded a PhD. in law at the University of Trnava in 2002.[3]
Between 1 January 2021 and September 2022, Karas served as chairman of the Slovak Bar Association, after which he became government minister.[4]
On 30 August 2023, Karas announced that he would become a KDH expert in the areas of law, justice and security. Karas would work for the party as a non-party member.[5]
Apart from his native Slovak, Karas can speak English and Italian.[6] He is married with four children.[7]