About the Office of the President of the Slovak Republic

About the Office of the President of the Slovak Republic.

The Office of the President of the Slovak Republic is a legal entity that provides for matters related to the exercise of the office of the President resulting from the Constitution of the Slovak Republic, constitutional laws and other generally binding legal regulations, and the political and public activities of the President. The Office is a budgetary organisation with a separate budget chapter. It may set up budgetary and contributory organisations to carry out its tasks. The Office also performs and provides for other tasks for the President which are consistent with his constitutional status. It also carries out other professional, organisational and material, and technical tasks required by law and other generally binding legislation.

The tasks of the office are performed by senior civil servants, civil servants, and staff. The Bureau is headed by a Chief of Staff, appointed and dismissed by the President, to whom he is accountable for his performance.

The seat of the Office of the President of the Slovak Republic is the Karáčoni Palace at 2 Štefánikova Street in Bratislava. The address of the office for the delivery of documents is Bratislava 1, P.O. Box 128, Postal Code 810 00.

The Office of the President of the Slovak Republic is limited to 100 (+1) positions, including the Head of State.

The tasks of the Office of the President of the Slovak Republic are regulated by the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic of 22 December 1992 on the Office of the President of the Slovak Republic (16/1993 Coll., abridged version). Its full text is available HERE.