The chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Predseda Národnej rady Slovenskej republiky), sometimes also referred to as the chairman of parliament, is the elected presiding officer of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, the highest legislative body of the country. The office was formally established on 1 January 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and the establishment of an independent Slovakia. Since 26 March 2025, the chairman has been Richard Raši of Hlas.

List of office-holders

Gallery

List NameTook officeLeft officeDurationPartyElection Ivan Gašparovič 1 January1993 3 November1994 ĽS–HZDS19923 November199429 October19981994 Jozef Migaš 29 October1998 15 October2002 SDĽ1998 Pavol Hrušovský 15 October2002 7 February2006 KDH2002Béla Bugár 7 February2006 4 July2006 SMK– Pavol Paška 4 July2006 8 July2010 Smer2006 Richard Sulík 8 July2010 13 October2011 SaS2010 Pavol Hrušovský 13 October2011 4 April2012 KDH Pavol Paška 4 April2012 24 November2014 Smer2012 Peter Pellegrini 25 November2014 23 March2016 Smer2012 Andrej Danko 23 March2016 20 March2020 SNS2016 Boris Kollár 20 March2020 25 October2023 We Are Family2020 Peter Pellegrini25 October20237 April2024Hlas2023Peter Žiga7 April202426 March 2025Hlas– Richard Raši26 March 2025IncumbentHlas2023

List of Speakers of previous Slovak legislatures

Slovak National Council (1848 – 1849; in rebellion during the Slovak Uprising) Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1848 – 1849)

Revolutionary Executive Committee of the Slovak Soviet Republic (1919; in rebellion in eastern Slovakia) no particular leader (6 June 1919 – 20 June 1919)

Land Assembly of the Slovak Land (1928–1938; within Czechoslovakia) Land President acted as Chairman of the Assembly. Ján Drobný (28 June 1928 – 1 January 1931) Jozef Országh (1 January 1931 – 1938) Julián Šimko (1938 – 1939)

Assembly of the Slovak Land (1939; within Czechoslovakia) Martin Sokol (18 January 1939 – 14 March 1939)

Slovak Assembly / Assembly of the Slovak Republic (1939 – 1945; independent Slovakia) Martin Sokol (14 March 1939 – April 1945)

President of the Presidium of the Slovak National Council (1944 – 1945; in rebellion during the Slovak National Uprising) Presidium of the Slovak National Council (at that time Vavro Šrobár, Gustáv Husák, Ján Ursíny) (1 September 1944 – 5 September 1944) Karol Šmidke and Vavro Šrobár (5 September 1944 – ?23 October 1944) Presidium of the Slovak National Council (? – 11 April 1945)

Slovak National Council (called the National Council of the Slovak Republic since 1 October 1992) (1945 – 1992; within Czechoslovakia) Jozef Lettrich (11 April 1945 – 14 September 1945) Karol Šmidke and Jozef Lettrich (14 September 1945 – 26 February 1948) Karol Šmidke (acting) (26 February 1948 – 12 March 1948) Karol Šmidke (12 March 1948 – 14 July 1950) František Kubač (14 July 1950 – 15 June 1958) Ľudovít Benada (23 June 1958 – 14 July 1960) Rudolf Strechaj (14 July 1960 – 28 July 1962) – at the same time the highest executive officer in Slovakia Jozef Lenárt (31 October 1962 – 20 March* 1963) – at the same time the highest executive officer in Slovakia [*other sources September] Michal Chudík (23 March* 1963 – 29 December 1968) – at the same time the highest executive officer in Slovakia Ondrej Klokoč (acting) (14 March 1968 – 27 June 1968) Ondrej Klokoč (27 June 1968 – 16 March 1975) Viliam Šalgovič (26 March 1975 – 30 November 1989) Rudolf Schuster (30 November 1989 – 26 June 1990) František Mikloško (26 June 1990 – 23 June 1992) Ivan Gašparovič (23 June 1992 – 31 December 1992)

Timeline

See also National Council (Slovakia)

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