
Ludovit Odor
Interim Prime Minister of Slovakia
Education
- Graduating with a magister degree in mathematics and management - Comenius University in Bratislava
Overview
Ľudovít Ódor is a Slovak economist and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Slovakia since 15 May 2023, heading a technocratic cabinet that is expected to remain in office until the next parliamentary election on 30 September. Until his appointment, he served as Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia from 2018.
Premiership (2023–present) :
On 7 May 2023 caretaker prime minister Eduard Heger—who led a majority in parliament until September 2022 when the libertarian Freedom and Solidarity party quit the ruling coalition—resigned after a series of resignations by ministers who could not be replaced during a caretaker government. Heger asked the president to appoint a technocratic government. Ódor and his cabinet, picked by President Zuzana Čaputová, were inaugurated on 15 May.
Early Life
Ľudovít Ódor was born 2 July 1976 in the village of Veľké Kosihy (Hungarian: Nagykeszi), nearby the town of Komárno on 2 July 1976. He is a member of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. He finished his secondary studies at the Hungarian-language Selye János Gymnasium in his birthplace. He attended Comenius University in Bratislava, graduating in 1999 with a magister degree in mathematics and management. In addition to his native Hungarian, he speaks Slovak and English fluently.
Career
- Slovakia - Interim Prime Minister