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title: "Slovakian president picks technocrat government after prime minister quits"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/11967/slovakian-president-picks-technocrat-government-after-prime-minister-quits
published: 2023-05-07T18:50:00Z
language: en
author: "Valeria Văcărescu"
section: "International"
source: radiomoldova.md
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# Slovakian president picks technocrat government after prime minister quits

> Slovak President Zuzana Caputova picked central bank Deputy Governor Ludovit Odor to lead a technocrat government after caretaker Prime Minister Eduard Heger quit on Sunday just months before early elections in September, Reuters reports.

Slovak President Zuzana Caputova picked central bank Deputy Governor Ludovit Odor to lead a technocrat government after caretaker Prime Minister Eduard Heger quit on Sunday just months before early elections in September, Reuters reports.

![Digi24/Ludovit Odor](https://storage.radiomoldova.md/images/39a81df9-3b07-4596-8857-4ec99e0ee122.jpg)

*Sursa: Digi24/Ludovit Odor*

Slovakia, a European Union and NATO member, has struggled through months of political uncertainty as Heger's ruling coalition was weakened, coming amid a period of high inflation and war in neighbouring Ukraine.

Odor, 46, has been a deputy governor of the National Bank of Slovakia since 2018.

Slovakia lurched into crisis in September last year when Heger's ruling centre-right coalition lost its majority after the libertarian SaS party quit, unhappy with efforts to help people hit by soaring energy and food costs.

Heger lost a no-confidence motion in December and, in January, lawmakers agreed to early elections in September.