State or region
Chair of the Region of Košice
Office of the Chair of the Region of Košice · Region of Košice
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Directly elected by the voters of the self-governing region for a four-year term (Act 302/2001 on self-governing regions). Elected on 29 October 2022; the next election is on 24 October 2026.
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Rastislav Trnka Report Source: volby.statistics.sk, checked (+1 more)
Next vote
Sources
- volby.statistics.sk · checked Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, Voľby do orgánov samosprávnych krajov 2022, Súhrnné výsledky hlasovania za kraje (tab02aa), published 2022-10-30, read 2026-10-12: number of assembly members elected in 2022 (BA 53, TT 40, TN 44, NR 54, ZA 57, BB 49, PO 65, KE 57) and the elected chairs. Replaces Wikipedia figures (BA 50, TN 47, PO 62 were wrong). For: Chair of the Region of Košice
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Constitution of the Slovak Republic (460/1992 Coll.) articles cited in selection_detail, plus the body's website, read 2026-10-12: office, seats and selection. Regional assembly seat counts: Fallback: Wikipedia (Regions of Slovakia), because the official Act was not fetched; not verified against the Act. For: Chair of the Region of Košice
- volby.statistics.sk · checked Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, OSK 2022 summary results (tab02aa), read 2026-10-12: chair elected on 29 October 2022 (Droba, Viskupič, Baška, Becík, Jurinová, Lunter, Majerský, Trnka). For: Rastislav Trnka, current term
- teraz.sk · checked TASR, 2022 regional election results (30 Oct 2022), read 2026-10-12: chair elected 29 Oct 2022 and still incumbent per 2026 campaign reporting. Fallback: news agency, because regional office sites were not read. For: Rastislav Trnka, current term
- volby.statistics.sk · checked Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, Voľby do orgánov samosprávy obcí 2026 a voľby do orgánov samosprávnych krajov 2026, read 2026-10-12: "Predseda NR SR svojim rozhodnutím č. 145/2026 Z. z. zo dňa 23. júna 2026 vyhlásil voľby ... 24. októbra 2026" (also listed on slov-lex.sk as 145/2026 Z. z.). For: General election, October 24, 2026
- zakonypreludi.sk · checked Decision of the Speaker of the National Council 145/2026 Coll. as reported by Wikipedia (2026 Slovak regional elections) and municipal sources, read 2026-10-12: regional and local elections on 24 October 2026. The decree text itself was not fetched. For: General election, October 24, 2026