Slovak president appoints Eduard Heger as prime minister

Slovak president appoints Eduard Heger as prime minister
# 01 April 2021 12:25 (UTC +04:00)

Slovak President Zuzana Caputova appointed Eduard Heger as the new prime minister on Thursday, ending a month-long political crisis, APA reports citing Reuters.

Heger takes over from his party chairman Igor Matovic, who in turn takes Heger’s former seat at the finance ministry. The swap is aimed at quelling coalition disputes sparked by Matovic’s surprise purchase of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V in March.

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