| President of the Slovak Republic |
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| Residence | Grassalkovich Palace |
| Term length | Five years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Michal Kováč |
| Formation | 1 January 1993 |
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The President of Slovakia is the head of state of Slovakia. The President is directly elected by the people for five years, and can be elected for a maximum of two consecutive terms. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain limited powers with absolute discretion. The President's official residence is Grassalkovich Palace in Bratislava.
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The office was established by the Constitution of Slovakia on 1 January 1993 when Slovakia permanently split from Czechoslovakia and became independent. However, the office was vacant until 2nd of March 1993 when the first president Michal Kovac was elected by the National Council of Slovak Republic. However, in 1998 due to then political situation the National Council was unable to elect new President for another term. The result was that for half a year the position became vacant. In order to come to a solution the constitution was changed in so that the President would be elected in national Presidential election. Presidential elections have been held in 1999, 2004 and 2009.
The current president is Ivan Gašparovič, who took office on 15 June 2004.
| [*] | President | Took office | Left office | Party | Prime Minister | |
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| - | Vladimír Mečiar (acting) | 1 January 1993 | 2 March 1993 | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | Vladimír Mečiar (1993) | |
| 1 | Michal Kováč | 2 March 1993 | 2 March 1998 | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | Vladimír Mečiar (1993-1994)
Jozef Moravčík (1994-1994) Vladimír Mečiar (1994-1998) |
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| - | Vladimír Mečiar and Ivan Gašparovič (acting) |
2 March 1998 | 30 October 1998 | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | Vladimír Mečiar (1998) | |
| - | Mikuláš Dzurinda and Jozef Migaš (acting) |
30 October 1998 | 15 June 1999 | Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (Dzurinda) Party of the Democratic Left (Migaš) |
Mikuláš Dzurinda (1998-1999) | |
| 2 | Rudolf Schuster | 15 June 1999 | 15 June 2004 | Party of Civic Understanding | Mikuláš Dzurinda
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| 3 | Ivan Gašparovič | 15 June 2004 | Incumbent | Movement for Democracy | Mikuláš Dzurinda
(2004-2006) Robert Fico (2006-2010) Iveta Radičová (2010-) |
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| Candidates and nominating parties | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Ivan Gašparovič (Smer, SNS, HZD) | 876,061 | 46.71 | 1,234,787 | 55.53 |
| Iveta Radičová (SDKÚ–DS, SMK, KDH, OKS) | 713,735 | 38.05 | 988,808 | 44.47 |
| František Mikloško (KDS) | 101,573 | 5.42 | — | — |
| Zuzana Martináková (SF) | 96,035 | 5.12 | — | — |
| Milan Melník (HZDS) | 45,985 | 2.45 | — | — |
| Dagmara Bollová | 21,378 | 1.14 | — | — |
| Milan Sidor (KSS) | 20,862 | 1.11 | — | — |
| Total (turnout 43.63% / 51.67%) | 1,875,629 | 100.00 | 2,223,595 | 100.00 |
| Sources: statistics.sk, volbysr.sk | ||||
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