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Slovak interim PM announces resignation

Published : 08 May 2023, 00:43

DF News Desk

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde, Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger, Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins (L to R) talk before the EC meeting in Brussels on March 24, 2023. File Photo: Xinhua by Zheng Huansong.

After Slovak interim Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced his resignation Sunday, Slovak President Zuzana Caputova said that the central bank vice-governor Ludovit Odor is set to head a caretaker government.

Earlier on Sunday, Heger said he has asked the president to relieve him of his duties.

The new caretaker government will be appointed after May 15, according to the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR).

The president said the list of the new caretaker ministers has been decided, and she'll first reveal their names to the leaders of political parties.

Heger's decision came after both interim Agriculture Minister Samuel Vlcan and Foreign Affairs Minister Rastislav Kacer quit their jobs earlier this week.