Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic | |
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Ozbrojené sily Slovenskej Republiky | |
Motto | "Česť a sláva" (Honour and Glory) |
Founded | 1 January 1993 |
Service branches | |
Headquarters | Bratislava, Slovakia |
Website | Official website |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-chief | Peter Pellegrini |
Minister of defense | Robert Kaliňák |
Chief of the General Staff | General Daniel Zmeko |
Personnel | |
Conscription | Abolished in 2006 |
Active personnel | 19,500[1] |
Expenditure | |
Budget | €2,63 billion ($2.83 billion) (2024)[2] |
Percent of GDP | 2.0% (2024)[3] |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers | United States Czech Republic[4] Austria Bulgaria France Germany Poland |
Related articles | |
Ranks | Military ranks of Slovakia |
The Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic were divided from the Czechoslovak Army after dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1993. Slovakia joined NATO on 29 March 2004.[5] From 2006 the army transformed into a fully professional organization and compulsory military service was abolished.[6][7][8] Slovak armed forces numbered 19,500 uniformed personnel and 4,208 civilians in 2022.[1]