Robert Fico is a Slovak politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of Slovakia since 2023, having served previously from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2018. He founded the Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) party in 1999 and has led the party since its foundation. Fico holds a record as the longest-serving prime minister in the country's history, having served for a total of over 10 years. First elected to Parliament in 1992, he was later appointed to the Council of Europe. Following his party's victory in the 2006 parliamentary election, he formed the first Fico Cabinet. Fico's political positions have been described as populist.
Fico in 2024
Fico with UK Prime Minister David Cameron, 4 February 2016
Fico meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło and Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka in Budapest, Hungary, on 4 July 2017
Fico with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas in Tallinn, Estonia, 2017
Prime Minister of Slovakia
The prime minister of Slovakia, officially the Chairman of the government of the Slovak Republic, commonly referred to in Slovakia as Predseda vlády or informally as Premiér, is the head of the government of the Slovak Republic. Officially, the officeholder is the third-highest constitutional official in Slovakia after the President of the Republic (appointer) and Chairman of the National Council; in practice, the appointee is the country's leading political figure.
Prime Minister of Slovakia
Image: Milan Čič (jan. 2012) (cropped)
Image: Milan Čič (jan. 2012) (cropped)
Image: Vladimir Meciar