2024 Slovak presidential election
Presidential elections will be held in Slovakia no later than April 2024 according to the Constitution of Slovakia. The first round of the last presidential election was held on 16 March 2019, so the next election is expected to be held on 17 March 2024. It may, however, be held earlier under exceptional circumstances such as the resignation or death of the President. Incumbent president Zuzana Čaputová announced in June 2023 that she would not run for a second term. Electoral system
The President of Slovakia is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate gains a majority in the first round, a runoff will be held between the top-two candidates. Candidates

Announced
Ján Drgonec, former justice of the Supreme Court, former MP. for ANO. Announced candidacy in March 2023. Štefan Harabin, former judge, former chief justice of the Supreme Court, former Minister of Justice and 2019 presidential candidate for Vlasť party. He claimed his intention to run in the election upon his arrest for "approval of Russia's attack on Ukraine" in May 2022, and confirmed his intention in February 2023. Ivan Korčok, diplomat and former Foreign Minister. After president Zuzana Čaputová announced the decision to not run for re-election, Korčok announced his considerations to run for the election. He finally announced his candidacy on 30 August 2023. Ján Kubiš, diplomat and former Foreign Minister admitted interest on 28 June 2023. On 19 August, Kubiš announced candidacy and collection of 15,000 required signatures as an independent candidate. Speculative
Robert Fico, incumbent leader and MP of SMER–SD, former Prime Minister and 2014 presidential candidate. He has not ruled out his second presidential candidacy. He is considered the strongest potential candidate of his party. Martin Jakubec, businessman, singer, television personality. He announced his presidential candidacy in the 2019 election, but failed to meet the minimal age requirement. He ran in the 2022 Slovak local elections as a candidate of ĽSNS for the Mayor of Bratislava, receiving 1.39%. In March 2020, he announced on his Facebook profile that he will run for the 2024 presidential election, but it remains unclear whether he has started collecting the 15,000 citizen or 15 MP signatures. Robert Mistrík, researcher, entrepreneur and co-founder of SaS. He ran in the previous presidential election, but later withdrew his candidacy and endorsed Zuzana Čaputová. Vladimír Palko, mathematician, university professor, former Minister of the Interior, political commentator. Confirmed rumours of candidacy in an interview on 17 August 2023, failed to confirm the intention. Peter Pellegrini, leader of Voice – Social Democracy and former Prime Minister is specualted as potential candidate of his party. Veronika Remišová, former Deputy Prime Minister, chairwoman of the Za Ľudí party. Maroš Žilinka, incumbent Prosecutor General of Slovakia. Although he denies the claims that he will run in the election, some journalists, politologists and politicians, including the Minister of Defence Jaroslav Naď, still speculate about Žilinka's candidacy. Declined
Zuzana Čaputová, incumbent President. Initially has not ruled out her candidacy for re-election. She announced on 20 June 2023 that she won't run. Peter Weiss, diplomat, former chariman of the SDĽ and former ambassador to the Czech Republic and Hungary. He was rumoured to be the candidate of HLAS–SD. Weiss declined the candidacy in late August 2023. Opinion polls

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