Ján Čarnogurský (born 1 January 1944) is a Slovak former politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Slovakia (1991–1992),[1] the former chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement (1990–2000), author and columnist.

He was an important figure in the secret church in Slovakia and, between 1987 and 1989, he published illegally the magazine Bratislavské listy (Bratislava Papers).

Shortly before the Velvet Revolution, on 14 August 1989, he was imprisoned and released only after the collapse of the Communist regime through a presidential amnesty on 25 November 1989.

On 6 November 2024, Čarnogurský received Russian Order of Honour from the Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov.

He came from a family of five siblings: former politician Ivan, Pavol Jr., sinologist Marina, and a translator Olga.

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