The
Chairman of the Government of the Slovak Republic , also known as the
Prime Minister , is the head of the
Government of Slovakia and the third highest constitutional official after the
President of Slovakia and the Speaker of the
National Council. The office itself was created in 1969 and since then there has been 14 prime ministers serving in the office. Since 1993, when independent Slovakia emerged, seven prime ministers (five individuals only) have been serving in the office. On April 4, 2012,
Robert Fico became the 7th and current prime minister.