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.
Peter Kmec | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia for European Union Subsidies and the Recovery Plan | |
| Assumed office 25 October 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Fico |
| Preceded by | Lívia Vašáková |
| Member of the National Council | |
| In office 20 March 2020 – 25 October 2023 | |
| Ambassadorial Positions | |
| In office 2007–2018 | |
| 2012–2018 | United States |
| 2007–2012 | Sweden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1966 Nitra, Czechoslovakia |
| Political party | Voice – Social Democracy (since 2020) |
| Other political affiliations | Direction – Social Democracy (until 2020) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Early life
editKmec 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]
Political career
editIn 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]
References
edit- ^ "Peter Kmec | vicepremiér pre plán obnovy". Sme (in Slovak). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Kancelária podpredsedu vlády SR | Plán obnovy". www.planobnovy.sk. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Švédsko: Slovenský veľvyslanec Peter Kmec sa ujal funkcie" (in Slovak). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Bývalí veľvyslanci". MZV.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Voľby 2020: Toto sú zvolení poslanci za Smer-SD". Hospodárske noviny (in Slovak). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Poslanci okolo Pellegriniho nebudú mať vlastný klub v parlamente". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ Mikušovič, Dušan (17 April 2023). "V Hlase sa zľakli videa mládežníčky zo Smeru a odstavili svojho experta na zahraničnú politiku Kmeca". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 23 May 2024.