Peter Kmec

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Peter Kmec
Deputy Prime Minister for European Union Subsidies and the Recovery Plan
Assumed office
25 October 2023
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the National Council of Slovakia
In office
20 March 2020 – 25 October 2023
Ambassadorial Positions
In office
2007–2018
2012–2018United States
2007–2012Sweden
Personal details
Born (1966-11-11) 11 November 1966 (age 57)
Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Political partyDirection – Social Democracy (2020)
Voice – Social Democracy (2020-)
Children1
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations

Peter Kmec (born 11 November 1966) is a Slovak diplomat and politician. Since 2023, he has served as the Deputy Prime Minister for European Funding of Slovakia.

Biography[edit]

Peter Kmec was born on 11 November 1966 in Nitra.[1] Between 1985 and 1990, Kmec studied at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.[2] Following graduation, he served as a diplomat in Israel. From 2007 to 2012 he was the ambassador of Slovakia to Sweden and from 2012 to 2018 to the USA.[3][4]

In 2020, Kmec was elected as an MP of the National Council of Slovakia on the list of Direction – Social Democracy (SMER).[5] Soon after the election, he joined the Voice – Social Democracy party, which split from SMER.[6] In 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 acuse 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 the Deputy prime minister and as well as the Minister of European Union Subsidies and the Recovery Plan in the Fico's Fourth Cabinet.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Peter Kmec - vicepremiér pre plán obnovy - www.sme.sk". www.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  2. ^ a b "Kancelária podpredsedu vlády SR | Plán obnovy". www.planobnovy.sk. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  3. ^ "Švédsko: Slovenský veľvyslanec Peter Kmec sa ujal funkcie". svet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  4. ^ "Bývalí veľvyslanci".
  5. ^ "HNonline.sk - Voľby 2020: Toto sú zvolení poslanci za Smer-SD". hnonline.sk (in Slovak). 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  6. ^ Aktuality.sk (2020-09-22). "Poslanci okolo Pellegriniho nebudú mať vlastný klub v parlamente". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  7. ^ Mikušovič, Dušan (2023-04-17). "V Hlase sa zľakli videa mládežníčky zo Smeru a odstavili svojho experta na zahraničnú politiku Kmeca". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2024-05-23.
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