Igor Matovič is a Slovak politician and former businessman. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and Minister of Finance from April 2021 to December 2022 and Prime Minister from March 2020 to March 2021.
Born in Trnava, he studied at Comenius University and went into the publishing business. Elected to the National Council in 2010 on the Freedom and Solidarity party list, Matovič founded the Ordinary People movement in 2011, which ran on an anti-corruption platform and was politically aligned with the centre right. His anti-corruption campaigning has been marked by "publicity stunts to shine a light on alleged graft", particularly focusing on parliamentary privileges and bribery.
In the 2020 election, his party obtained a sufficient number of seats to form a coalition government with three other centrist and right-wing parties. Matovič's choices for his Cabinet were accepted by President Zuzana Čaputová and he was appointed Prime Minister on 21 March 2020. He resigned on 1 April 2021 to be appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Eduard Heger.
As of 2022, Matovič is the most distrusted Slovak political figure in the Slovak public, with a 91% distrust score.
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Igor Matovic sworn in as Slovakia's prime minister, By Sommer Brokaw, UPI https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/03/21/Igor-Matovic-sworn-in-as-Slovakias-prime-minister/4591584810212/, 21 March 2020
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