Eslovaquia Gobierno Perfil 2008

Capital

nombre: Bratislava
coordenadas geográficas: 48 09 N, 17 07 E
diferencia de tiempo: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Independencia

1 Enero 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)

Feriado nacional

Constitution Day, 1 Septiembre (1992)

Constitución

ratificada 1 Septiembre 1992, efectiva 1 Enero 1993; changed in Septiembre 1998 to allow direct election of the president; modificada Febrero 2001 to allow Slovakia to apply for NATO and EU membership

Sufragio

18 años de edad; universal

Poder Executivo

jefe de estado: Presidente Ivan GASPAROVIC (desde 15 June 2004)
jefe de gobierno: Prime Minister Robert FICO (desde 4 July 2006); Deputy Prime Ministers Dusan CAPLOVIC, Robert KALINAK, Stefan HARABIN, Jan MIKOLAJ (desde 4 July 2006)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 3 April and 17 April 2004 (next to be held in April 2009); following National Council elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of a majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the president
election results: Ivan GASPAROVIC elected president in runoff; percent of vote - Ivan GASPAROVIC 59.9%, Vladimir MECIAR 40.1%