2015 in Slovakia

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2015 is the first full year of the 4th President Andrej Kiska, elected as an independent candidate in the 2014.

• President – Andrej Kiska (Independent)

2015 is the last full year of the 8th National Council. Next parliamentary elections will be held on or before 5 March 2016. The Robert Fico's Second Cabinet, elected in 2012 consisted solely from Direction – Social Democracy party (Slovak: Smer – sociálna demokracia, abbreviated Smer-SD), continues.

• Speaker of the National Council – Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD)
• Prime Minister – Robert Fico (Smer-SD)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Miroslav Lanjčák (Independent)
• Minister of Interior – Robert Kaliňák (Smer-SD)
• Minister of Finance – Peter Kažimír (Smer-SD)
• Minister of Defence – Martin Glváč (Smer-SD)

Parties in National Council

• Direction – Social Democracy (Slovak: Smer – sociálna demokracia, abbreviated Smer-SD) – Robert Fico
• Christian Democratic Movement (Slovak: Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie, abbreviated KDH) – Ján Figeľ
• Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (Slovak: Obyčajní Ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti, abbreviated OĽaNO) – Igor Matovič
• Most–Híd – Béla Bugár
• Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party (Slovak: Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia – Demokratická strana, abbreviated SDKÚ-DS) – Pavol Frešo
• Freedom and Solidarity (Slovak: Sloboda a Solidarita, abbreviated SaS) – Richard Sulík

Major extra-parliamentary parties

• Network (Slovak: SIEŤ) – Radoslav Procházka
• Slovak Civic Coalition (Slovak: Slovenská občianska koalícia, abbreviated SKOK!) – Juraj Miškov
• Slovak National Party (Slovak: Slovenská národná strana, abbreviated SNS) – Andrej Danko
• Party of the Hungarian Community (Slovak & Hungarian: Strana maďarskej komunity – Magyar Közösség Pártja, abbreviated SMK-MKP) – József Berényi

• Head of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia – Ivetta Macejková

• Bratislava Self-governing Region – Pavol Frešo (coalition of SDKÚ-DS, KDH, Most–Híd, SMK-MKP, OKS, SaS, SZ)
• Trnava Self-governing Region – Tibor Mikuš (Independent)
• Trenčín Self-governing Region – Jaroslav Baška (Smer-SD)
• Nitra Self-governing Region – Milan Belica (coalition of Smer-SD, SNS, ASV)
• Banská Bystrica Self-governing Region – Marian Kotleba (ĽSNS)
• Žilina Self-governing Region – Juraj Blanár (coalition of HZD, SNS, Smer-SD)
• Košice Self-governing Region – Zdenko Trebuľa (Smer-SD)
• Prešov Self-governing Region – Peter Chudík (coalition of Smer-SD, HZD, SNS)