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Not to be confused with Slovak National Council.
National Council of the Slovak Republic

Národná rada Slovenskej republiky
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1 January 1993, 29 years ago
Preceded bySlovak National Council
Leadership
Boris Kollár, We Are Family
since 20 March 2020
Deputy Speakers
 
 
Structure
Seats150
Political groups
Government (84)
  •   OĽaNO-NOVA-KÚ-ZZ (48) [a]
  •   SaS (19)
  •   We Are Family (17)

Government support (7)

Opposition (59)

Committees15 Committees
Mandate and Immunity
Incompatibility Committee
European affairs
Constitutional Law Committee
Finance
Economy
Agriculture and Environment
Public administration and Regional development
Social affairs
Health
Defence
Foreign affairs
Education, science, youth and sport
Culture
Human rights and National minorities
Committees4 Special Committees
Control of NBÚ activities
Control of SIS activities
Control of Military intelligence activities
Control of review of NBÚ decisions
Elections
Open list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold (7% for two-, three-party alliances; 10% for four-or-more party alliance) Hagenbach-Bischoff system
Last election
29 February 2020
Next election
TBD
Meeting place
Parliament Building, Bratislava
Website
http://www.nrsr.sk/
National Council of the Slovak Republic Building
Politics of Slovakia
National symbols
Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Recent elections
Parties in the National Council
Administrative divisions

The National Council of the Slovak Republic (Template:Lang-sk), abbreviated to NR SR, is the national parliament of Slovakia. It is unicameral and consists of 150 members, who are elected by universal suffrage under proportional representation with seats distributed via Hagenbach-Bischoff quota every four years.[1]

Slovakia's parliament has been called the 'National Council' since 1 October 1992. From 1969 to 1992, its predecessor, the parliament of the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia, was called the Slovak National Council (Template:Lang-sk).

The National Council approves domestic legislation, constitutional laws, and the annual budget. Its consent is required to ratify international treaties, and is responsible for approving military operations. It also elects individuals to some positions in the executive and judiciary, as specified by law.[2]

The parliament building is in Bratislava, Slovakia's capital, next to Bratislava Castle in Alexander Dubček Square.

Functions

The 150-seat unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic is Slovakia's sole constitutional and legislative body.[3] It considers and approves the constitution, constitutional amendments, and other legislation.[4] It approves the state budget.[4] It elects some officials specified by law, as well as justices of the Constitutional Court and the prosecutor general.[5][6] Prior to their ratification, the parliament also should approve all important international treaties.[4] Moreover, it gives consent for dispatching of military forces outside of Slovakia's territory and for the presence of foreign military forces on the territory of the Slovak Republic.[4]

Decision-making

The parliament may vote only if a majority of all its members (76) are present. To pass a decision, the approval of a simple majority of all MPs present is required. Almost all legal acts can be adopted by this relative majority. An absolute majority (76 votes) is required to pass a vote of no-confidence in the cabinet or its members, or to elect and recall the Council's speaker or the deputy speakers. A qualified majority of 3/5 of all deputies (at least 90 votes) is required for the adoption of a constitution or a constitutional statute.[7]

Speakers

Main article: List of speakers of Slovak parliaments

The current speaker of the Slovak National Council is Boris Kollár.[8]

Structure of former legislatures

The length of the bars underneath represents each party's electoral performance. The difference in the total width of the bars is due to the election threshold of 5%; this threshold prevents a varying number of small parties from entering the National Council (most notably, after the 1994 election).

Slovak Parliament 1990–1992

22 7 48 6 31 14 22
KSS DS VPN SZ KDH ESWMK–MKDH–MKDM SNS

Slovak Parliament 1992–1994

29 18 74 14 15
SDĽ KDH HZDS MKM–EGY SNS

Slovak Parliament 1994–1998

18 13 15 17 61 17 9
SV ZRS DEÚS KDH HZDS–RSS MK SNS

Slovak Parliament 1998–2002

23 13 42 43 15 14
SDĽ SOP SDK HZDS SMK–MKP SNS

Slovak Parliament 2002–2006

11 25 15 28 15 36 20
KSS SMER ANO SDKÚ KDH ĽS–HZDS SMK–MKP

Slovak Parliament 2006–2010

50 31 14 15 20 20
SMER–SD SDKÚ–DS KDH ĽS–HZDS SMK–MKP SNS

Slovak Parliament 2010–2012

62 14 28 15 22 9
SMER–SD MH SDKÚ–DS KDH SaS SNS

Slovak Parliament 2012–2016

83 13 11 16 16 11
SMER–SD MH SDKÚ–DS KDH OĽaNO SaS

Slovak Parliament 2016–2020

49 10 11 19 21 11 15 14
SMER–SD SIEŤ MH OĽaNO SaS SR SNS ĽSNS

Slovak Parliament 2020–

38 12 53 13 17 17
SMER–SD ZĽ OĽaNO SaS SR ĽSNS

Elections

Members of the parliament are elected directly for a 4-year term, under the proportional system. Although the suffrage is universal, only a citizen who has the right to vote, has attained 18 years of age and has permanent residency in the Slovak Republic is eligible to be elected. Similarly to the Netherlands and Israel, the whole country forms one multi-member constituency. The election threshold is 5%. Voters may indicate their preferences within the semi-open list. Parliamentary elections were last held in 2020.

Latest election

2020 Slovak Parliamentary Election

Members (1990–present)

Buildings

Building of the National Council of the Slovak Republic next to Bratislava Castle.
Bust of Jozef Miloslav Hurban, founder of the First Slovak National Council (1848) in the National Council of the Slovak Republic

The main parliament building is situated next to the Bratislava Castle on the castle hill. The building is insufficiently large to accommodate all officials and representatives. This is because it was built during the Czechoslovak period as a building for the Federal Parliament, which usually met in Prague.[9] The secondary parliament building, which was the main building until 1994, is situated next to the Trinitarian Church below the castle hill in Bratislava.

Notes

  1. ^ Official name of electoral coalition.
  2. ^ Anna Záborská, Richard Vašečka, Ján Szőllős, Radovan Marcinčin
  3. ^ Gábor Grendel, Anna Andrejuvová
  4. ^ Jaromír Šíbl
  5. ^ Radovan Kazda
  6. ^ Vladimíra Marcinková, Ján Benčík, Marek Hattas, Vladimír Ledecký, Michal Luciak, Tomáš Lehotský (they left parliamentary group of Za ľudí)
  7. ^ Alexandra Pivková, Jana Žitňanská, Miriam Šuteková, Juraj Šeliga
  8. ^ Romana Tabak (she was excluded from OĽaNO), Ján Mičovský (he left OĽaNO)
  9. ^ Katarína Hatráková, was excluded from parliamentary group of OĽaNO but she is still supporter of government coalition and Christian Union (she is not member of party).
  10. ^ Peter Pellegrini, Ľubica Laššáková, Denisa Saková, Richard Raši, Peter Žiga, Peter Kmec, Matúš Šutaj Eštok, Róbert Puci, Ján Ferenčák, Erik Tomáš, Ján Blcháč (they left parliamentary group of Direction-SSD)
  11. ^ Martin Beluský, Marek Kotleba, Peter Krupa, Magdaléna Sulanová, Stanislav Mizík, Rastislav Schlosár, Andrej Medvecký (Parliamentary group was canceled in May 2022, because leader of party and member of National Council Marian Kotleba was sentenced and he lost place in National Council. On his place came Slavěna Vorobelová and she wasn't enter to group of ĽSNS. Minimal count to have parliamentary group is 8 members of National council.)
  12. ^ Milan Mazurek, Miroslav Suja, Eduard Kočiš, Miroslav Urban, Ondrej Ďurica (they left parliamentary group of ĽSNS)
  13. ^ Tomáš Taraba, Filip Kuffa, Štefan Kuffa (they left pariamentary group of ĽSNS)
  14. ^ Tomáš Valášek (he left parliamentary group of Za ľudí)
  15. ^ Miroslav Kollár (he left parliamentary group of Za ľudí)
  16. ^ Ján Krošlák (he left parliamentary group of OĽaNO), Jozef Šimko (he left parliamentary group of ĽSNS), Martin Čepček (he was expelled from OĽaNO), Slavěna Vorobelová (after her member's promise she wasn't enter to parliamentary group of ĽSNS)

References

  1. ^ Zákon o podmienkach výkonu volebného práva a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov [Act on the Conditions for the Exercise of the Right to Vote and on Amendments to Certain Acts] (180/2014, Article 68). National Council of the Slovak Republic. 29 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Postavenie a právomoci". NR SR (in Slovak). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. ^ Constitution of the Slovak Republic (PDF) (Constitution, Article 72). National Council of the Slovak Republic. 1992. p. 29.
  4. ^ a b c d Constitution of the Slovak Republic (PDF) (Constitution, Article 86). National Council of the Slovak Republic. 1992. p. 33.
  5. ^ Constitution of the Slovak Republic (PDF) (Constitution, Article 134). National Council of the Slovak Republic. 1992. p. 52.
  6. ^ "Postavenie a právomoci" [Status and powers] (in Slovak). National Council of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. ^ Constitution of the Slovak Republic (PDF) (Constitution, Article 84). National Council of the Slovak Republic. 1992. p. 32.
  8. ^ Svítok, Michal (20 March 2020). "Kollára zvolili za predsedu parlamentu. Väčšina výborov pozná svojich šéfov". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  9. ^ Kulish, Nicholas (7 October 2011). "Slovakia May Hold Key to Euro Debt Bailout". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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