Ivan Šimko

Ivan Šimko
Ivan Šimko in 2002
Minister of Interior
In office 15 May 2023 – 19 July 2023
Preceded by	Roman Mikulec
Succeeded by	Ľudovít Ódor (acting)
In office 15 May 2001 – 15 October 2002
Preceded by	Ladislav Pittner
Succeeded by	Vladimír Palko
Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Slovak National Council until 31 December 1992
In office 24 September 2003 – 4 July 2006
In office 13 December 1994 – 15 May 2001
Minister of Defence of Slovakia
In office 15 October 2002 – 24 September 2003
Preceded by	Jozef Stank
Succeeded by	Juraj Liška
Personal details
Born	(1955-01-01) 1 January 1955 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Political party	Christian Democratic Movement
Other political affiliations	KDH (1990–2000) SDKÚ-DS (2000–04) SF (2004) Misia 21 (2004–10) KDH (2010–present)
Alma mater	Comenius University

Ivan Šimko (born 1 January 1955) is Slovak politician and former defense and interior affairs minister.

A founding member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) in 1990, Šimko left to co-found the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union in 2000. After a disagreement with Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda, he led a group of MPs to form the Free Forum in January 2004. He surprisingly lost the party's leadership election two months later to Zuzana Martináková, and he left in October 2004 to form Mission 21 – New Christian Democracy. In May 2010, he returned to the Christian Democratic Movement.

On 15 May 2023, president Zuzana Čaputová installed Šimko as Minister of Interior Affairs in her technocratic government. On 19 July 2023, he was removed as a minister due to concerns about political interference in police work.