| Ivan Šimko | |
| Order: | Minister of Interior |
| Term Start: | 15 May 2023 |
| Term End: | 19 July 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Roman Mikulec |
| Successor: | Ľudovít Ódor (acting) |
| Term Start1: | 15 May 2001 |
| Term End1: | 15 October 2002 |
| Predecessor1: | Ladislav Pittner |
| Successor1: | Vladimír Palko |
| Order2: | Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Slovak National Council until 31 December 1992 |
| Term Start2: | 24 September 2003 |
| Term End2: | 4 July 2006 |
| Term Start3: | 13 December 1994 |
| Term End3: | 15 May 2001 |
| Order4: | Minister of Defence of Slovakia |
| Term Start4: | 15 October 2002 |
| Term End4: | 24 September 2003 |
| Predecessor4: | Jozef Stank |
| Successor4: | Juraj Liška |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Alma Mater: | Comenius University |
| Party: | Christian Democratic Movement |
| Otherparty: | KDH (1990–2000) SDKÚ-DS (2000–04) SF (2004) Misia 21 (2004–10) KDH (2010–present) |
Ivan Šimko (born 1 January 1955) is Slovak politician and former defense and interior affairs minister.[1]
A founding member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) in 1990, Šimko left to co-found the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union in 2000. After a disagreement with Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda, he led a group of MPs to form the Free Forum in January 2004. He surprisingly lost the party's leadership election two months later to Zuzana Martináková, and he left in October 2004 to form Mission 21 – New Christian Democracy. In May 2010, he returned to the Christian Democratic Movement.
On 15 May 2023, president Zuzana Čaputová installed Šimko as Minister of Interior Affairs in her technocratic government. On 19 July 2023, he was removed as a minister due to concerns about political interference in police work.[2]