Ivan Korčok (born 4 April 1964 )[1] is a Slovak politician and retired executive diplomat who was Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia from 2020 to 2022 as an independent nominee of the Freedom and Solidarity political party.

[1] In 1992, Korčok began working at the Ministry of International Relations of the Slovakia, and from 1993 to 1996 was the secretary of the Slovak embassy in Bonn, Germany.

[3] Between 2001 and 2005, he worked again at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as director general of the Section of International Organizations and Security Policy, later state secretary.

On his return to Slovakia, he underwent a 14-day quarantine, while Deputy Prime Minister Richard Sulík was entrusted with the management of the Foreign Ministry.

[8] Korčok served as the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the Cabinet of Igor Matovič from April 2020 until the collapse of the government in late March 2021.

[11] Following President Zuzana Čaputová's announcement that she would not run for reelection, Korčok was cited by the media as potential candidate to replace her in the 2024 presidential election.