Slovak President Zuzana Caputova picked central bank Deputy Governor Ludovit Odor to lead a technocrat government after caretaker Prime Minister Eduard Heger quit on Sunday just months before early elections in September.
Slovakia, a European Union and NATO member, has struggled through months of political uncertainty as Heger's ruling coalition was weakened, coming amid a period of high inflation and war in neighbouring Ukraine.
Heger, who has lead the government since 2021 - most recently in a caretaker capacity - quit after a spate of senior resignations and opposition calls to move aside. Caputova said she would name the rest of Odor's technocrat government after May 15. Heger lost a no-confidence motion in December and, in January, lawmakers agreed to early elections in September.
"I decided to ask the president to remove my authority and to leave the president space to try with a technocrat government to stably and peacefully lead Slovakia to democratic parliamentary elections," Heger said.
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