Eduard Heger

Eduard Heger
Heger in 2022
Prime Minister of Slovakia
In office 1 April 2021 – 15 May 2023
President	Zuzana Čaputová
Deputy	See list Štefan Holý Veronika Remišová Igor Matovič Richard Sulík
Preceded by	Igor Matovič
Succeeded by	Ľudovít Ódor
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
In office 21 March 2020 – 1 April 2021 Serving with Štefan Holý, Veronika Remišová and Richard Sulík
Prime Minister	Igor Matovič
Other positions in the executive Minister of Health Acting 3 March 2023 – 15 May 2023 Prime Minister Himself Preceded by Vladimír Lengvarský Succeeded by Michal Palkovič Acting 12 March 2021 – 1 April 2021 Prime Minister Igor Matovič Preceded by Marek Krajčí Succeeded by Vladimír Lengvarský Minister of Finance Acting 23 December 2022 – 15 May 2023 Prime Minister Himself Preceded by Igor Matovič Succeeded by Michal Horváth In office 21 March 2020 – 1 April 2021 Prime Minister Igor Matovič Preceded by Ladislav Kamenický Succeeded by Igor Matovič Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport Acting 13 September 2022 – 4 October 2022 Prime Minister Himself Preceded by Branislav Gröhling Succeeded by Ján Horecký Acting 25 March 2021 – 1 April 2021 Prime Minister Igor Matovič Preceded by Branislav Gröhling Succeeded by Branislav Gröhling
Member of the National Council
In office 15 May 2023 – 25 October 2023
In office 23 March 2016 – 21 March 2020
Chairman of Democrats
In office 7 March 2023 – 2 December 2023
Preceded by	Miroslav Kollár
Succeeded by	Jaroslav Naď
Personal details
Born	(1976-05-03) 3 May 1976 (age 48) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Political party	Democrats (since 2023)
Other political affiliations	Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (until 2023)
Spouse	Lucia Hegerová ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Economics in Bratislava (Ing.)
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Eduard Heger (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈeduard ˈɦeɡer]; born 3 May 1976) is a Slovak politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Slovakia from 1 April 2021 to 15 May 2023.^[1] He previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Igor Matovič. Heger was a member of the presidium of the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO) party which he left in March 2023 to take over the extra-parliamentary Blue Coalition party, subsequently rebranded as Democrats.