# Matovič resigns as prime minister

Date: 2021

On 30 March 2021 [Igor Matovič](/people/igor-matovic) stepped down as Slovak prime minister after the coalition crisis over the purchase of Sputnik V vaccines. President Zuzana Čaputová accepted the resignation and asked finance minister [Eduard Heger](/people/eduard-heger), from Matovič's OĽaNO party, to form a new government, in which Matovič took the finance ministry.

## People

- Igor Matovič: https://factrail.ai/people/igor-matovic

## Sources

- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/30/slovak-pm-steps-down-over-sputnik-vaccine-deal-scandal

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/matovic-resigns-prime-minister-2021-03-30