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Peter Kmec | |
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Deputy Prime Minister for European Union Subsidies and the Recovery Plan | |
Assumed office 25 October 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Robert Fico |
Preceded by | Position established |
Member of the National Council of Slovakia | |
In office 20 March 2020 – 25 October 2023 | |
Ambassadorial Positions | |
In office 2007–2018 | |
2012–2018 | United States |
2007–2012 | Sweden |
Personal details | |
Born | Nitra, Czechoslovakia | 11 November 1966
Political party | Voice – Social Democracy (since 2020) |
Other political affiliations | Direction – Social Democracy (until 2020) |
Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Peter Kmec (born 11 November 1966) is a Slovak diplomat and politician who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister for European Funding of Slovakia since 2023.
Kmec was born on 11 November 1966 in Nitra. [1] Between 1985 and 1990, he studied at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. [2] Kmec was the ambassador of Slovakia to Sweden from 2007 until 2012, later the United States from 2012 until 2018. [3] [4]
In 2020, Kmec was elected as an MP of the National Council of Slovakia on the list of Direction – Social Democracy. [5] Soon after the election, he joined the Voice – Social Democracy party, which split from Smer. [6]
As a member of Voice, Kmec served as the main foreign policy expert, until a video was published by a Smer activist showing Kmec agreeing with government foreign policy experts in the need for pro-Western focus of Slovak politics. The video was used by Smer to accuse Voice of planning to form government with liberal parties, rather than pro-Russian Smer after the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election. As a result, Kmec lost his position as the Voice foreign policy expert. [7] Following the election, Kmec became deputy prime minister as well as Minister of European Union Subsidies and the Recovery Plan in Fico's Fourth Cabinet. [2]
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Peter Kmec | |
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Deputy Prime Minister for European Union Subsidies and the Recovery Plan | |
Assumed office 25 October 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Robert Fico |
Preceded by | Position established |
Member of the National Council of Slovakia | |
In office 20 March 2020 – 25 October 2023 | |
Ambassadorial Positions | |
In office 2007–2018 | |
2012–2018 | United States |
2007–2012 | Sweden |
Personal details | |
Born | Nitra, Czechoslovakia | 11 November 1966
Political party | Voice – Social Democracy (since 2020) |
Other political affiliations | Direction – Social Democracy (until 2020) |
Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Peter Kmec (born 11 November 1966) is a Slovak diplomat and politician who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister for European Funding of Slovakia since 2023.
Kmec was born on 11 November 1966 in Nitra. [1] Between 1985 and 1990, he studied at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. [2] Kmec was the ambassador of Slovakia to Sweden from 2007 until 2012, later the United States from 2012 until 2018. [3] [4]
In 2020, Kmec was elected as an MP of the National Council of Slovakia on the list of Direction – Social Democracy. [5] Soon after the election, he joined the Voice – Social Democracy party, which split from Smer. [6]
As a member of Voice, Kmec served as the main foreign policy expert, until a video was published by a Smer activist showing Kmec agreeing with government foreign policy experts in the need for pro-Western focus of Slovak politics. The video was used by Smer to accuse Voice of planning to form government with liberal parties, rather than pro-Russian Smer after the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election. As a result, Kmec lost his position as the Voice foreign policy expert. [7] Following the election, Kmec became deputy prime minister as well as Minister of European Union Subsidies and the Recovery Plan in Fico's Fourth Cabinet. [2]