Ivan Korčok

Ivan Korčok (born 4 April 1964)[1] is a Slovak politician. He served as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the Matovič Cabinet led by Prime Minister Igor Matovič from April 2020 until his resignation in late March 2021.[2][3] He was appointed back on the 1 April 2021 under Eduard Heger's Cabinet.

Ivan Korčok
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
In office
1 April 2021 – 17 September 2022
Prime MinisterEduard Heger
Preceded byJaroslav Naď (acting)
Succeeded byRastislav Káčer
In office
8 April 2020 – 24 March 2021
Prime MinisterIgor Matovič
Preceded byMiroslav Lajčák
Richard Sulík (acting)
Succeeded byJaroslav Naď (acting)
Slovakian Ambassador to the United States
In office
17 September 2018 – 7 April 2020
PresidentAndrej Kiska
Zuzana Čaputová
Preceded byPeter Kmec
Succeeded byRadovan Javorčík
Personal details
Born (1964-04-04) 4 April 1964
Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
EducationComenius University

In 2018, he won the Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award.[4]

On 24 March 2021, he resigned amidst a wave of mass resignations in the Slovak government due to the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Initially, President Zuzana Čaputová had demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Igor Matovič.[2]

In September 2022 he resigned along with the other SaS-nominated ministers due to a disagreement with the politics of Igor Matovič.[5]

Personal life

He is married and with wife Soňa has two sons.[1]

Honours and awards

Nongovernmental organizations

Slovakia Slovakia, Servare et Manere:

References
  1. "Ivan Korčok". Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 3 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Slovak foreign minister resigns as government teeters". Deutsche Welle. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. "Prezidentka vymenovala Korčoka za ministra zahraničia". SME (in Slovak). 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Ivan Korčok Receives Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award". GLOBSEC. 16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. "Vládna agónia KONČÍ, všetci MINISTRI SaS podali DEMISIU! Matovičovi poslali ŠTIPĽAVÝ odkaz". www1.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  6. Department of International Relations of the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. "Министр иностранных и европейских дел Словакии Иван Корчок прибыл с делегацией в Нижегородскую область".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Tribute to Alexander Dubček in Nizhny Novgorod - Detail of web content - MZV MZV PORTAL". www.mzv.sk. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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