Richard Raši

Richard Raši
Raši in 2024
Speaker of the National Council
Assumed office
26 March 2025
PresidentPeter Pellegrini
Deputy
See list
Preceded byPeter Žiga (acting)
Member of the National Council
Assumed office
25 March 2025
In office
21 March 2020  25 October 2023
In office
8 July 2010  22 March 2018
Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization
In office
25 October 2023  19 March 2025
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byPeter Balík
Succeeded bySamuel Migaľ
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia for Investments and Informatization
In office
22 March 2018  21 March 2020
Prime MinisterPeter Pellegrini
Preceded byPeter Pellegrini
Succeeded byVeronika Remišová
Minister of Health
In office
3 June 2008  8 June 2010
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byIvan Valentovič
Succeeded byIvan Uhliarik
Mayor of Košice
In office
21 December 2010  22 March 2018
Preceded byFrantišek Knapík
Succeeded byJaroslav Polaček
Personal details
Born (1971-04-02) 2 April 1971
Košice, Czechoslovakia
Political partyVoice – Social Democracy (since 2020)
Other political
affiliations
Direction – Social Democracy (until 2020)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Pavol Jozef Šafárik

Richard Raši (born 2 April 1971 in Košice) is a Slovak physician and politician who served as Slovakia's Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Information. A member of the Voice – Social Democracy (Slovak: Hlas – sociálna demokracia) political party, Raši previously served as Mayor of the city of Košice. He also served from 3 June 2008 until 8 June 2010 as Minister of Health in the First cabinet of Robert Fico. On 26 March 2025, he assumed the Speaker of the National Council role succeeding Peter Žiga.