Peter Kmec (born 11 November 1966) is a Slovak diplomat and politician who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister for European Funding of Slovakia since 2023.
[3][4] In 2020, Kmec was elected as an MP of the National Council of Slovakia on the list of Direction – Social Democracy.
[5] Soon after the election, he joined the Voice – Social Democracy party, which split from Smer.
[6] As a member of Voice, Kmec served as the main foreign policy expert, until a video was published by a Smer activist showing Kmec agreeing with government foreign policy experts in the need for pro-Western focus of Slovak politics.
As a result, Kmec lost his position as the Voice foreign policy expert.