Two candidates will compete for the position of the President of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic

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The term of office of the current President of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic, Ján Šikuta, will end on May 20, 2025. The President of the Judicial Council, Marcela Kosová, announced an election for this important post at the beginning of January, and the deadline for submitting candidates expired on January 28, 2025. Within the statutory deadline, two nominations of candidates were received by the President of the Judicial Council.

The outgoing President of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic, Ján Šikuta, nominated for the post Andrea Moravčíková, the current Deputy President and the Judge of the Supreme Court. As he pointed out in his proposal, he was led to do so by several years of their mutual personal work experience in which she has demonstrated professional and managerial skills as well as the abilities necessary for the performance of this important function.

Eleven judges of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic nominated as a candidate František Mozner, the President of the Criminal Law Collegium of the Supreme Court.
The election itself will take place at the seat of the Judicial Council of the Slovak Republic on April 15, 2025. It will be preceded by a presentation of the candidates, during which they will also present their ideas about their performance in this function. The members of the Judicial Council will decide on the outcome in a ballot, with the successful candidate obtaining an absolute majority of votes of all members of the Judicial Council. "The election of the President of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic is one of the important competencies of the Judicial Council and all members of the Judicial Council approach it in this manner, with their full seriousness and responsibility. All the more so because the Judicial Council still has only 16 members instead of 18, in which case the winner must receive at least 10 votes," said Marcela Kosová, the President of the Judicial Council of the Slovak Republic.





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