President of Slovakia facts for kids

President of the Slovak Republic
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Incumbent Zuzana Čaputová since 15 June 2019
Residence	Grassalkovich Palace Bratislava
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Five years renewable once, consecutively
Inaugural holder	Michal Kováč 2 March 1993
Formation	Constitution of Slovakia
Salary	c. 110,880 €
Website	President of the Slovak Republic

The President of the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Prezident Slovenskej republiky) is the head of state of Slovakia and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. The president is directly elected by the people for five years. They can serve up to two terms. The president's official residence is the Grassalkovich Palace in Bratislava.

The current president is Zuzana Čaputová, who took office on 15 June 2019.

Presidents of the Slovak Republic

Parties

      HZDS       SOP       HZD       PS       Independent

	President		Presidency	Party	Term	Previous office
1		Michal Kováč 1930–2016 (Lived: 86 years)	2 March 1993 – 2 March 1998	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS)	1 (1993)	Chairman of the Federal Assembly of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1992)
2		Rudolf Schuster Born 1934 (86 years old)	15 June 1999 – 15 June 2004	Party of Civic Understanding (SOP)	2 (1999)	Member of the National Council (1998–1999) Mayor of Košice (1994–1999)
3		Ivan Gašparovič Born 1941 (79 years old)	15 June 2004 – 15 June 2014	Movement for Democracy (HZD)	3 (2004)	Chairman of the National Council (1993–1998)
				Independent	4 (2009)
4		Andrej Kiska Born 1963 (57 years old)	15 June 2014 – 15 June 2019	Independent	5 (2014)	None prior elected office
5		Zuzana Čaputová Born 1973 (47 years old)	15 June 2019 – Present	Progressive Slovakia (PS)	6 (2019)	No prior elected office