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Reuters
Reuters
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By Radovan Stoklasa and Jan Lopatka

Economist Odor picked as Slovakia's caretaker prime minister

Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova and Prime Minister Ludovit Odor shake hands after the cabinet's inauguration at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, May 15, 2023. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa

Respected economist Ludovit Odor was made Slovakia's interim prime minister on Monday and will lead the country until early elections are held in September, after months of political infighting brought down the previous centre-right government.

Slovakia, a member of the European Union, the euro zone and NATO, has struggled with high inflation driven largely by the war in neighbouring Ukraine, and political turmoil after previous prime minister Eduard Heger's cabinet lost a no-confidence vote in December.

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