Ingrid Brocková

Ingrid Brocková (born 13 September 1963) is a Slovak diplomat. From 2020 to 2023 she served as the State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. In the past, she had been the World Bank representative in Slovakia (2001-2008) and Slovakia's permanent envoy to OECD (2009-2015).

Early life Her parents live in Žiar nad Hronom, where she grew up. In 1986 she graduated in Economics at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. She also obtained a Candidate of Sciences degree at the same university in 1991. She also studied International Relations at the Comenius University and International Public Policy at the Johns Hopkins University in the US. From 1996 to 2000, she worked as an economic diplomat to the United States, and from there, for 7 years, a representative of Slovakia to the World Bank. During her time as state secretary she mainly focused on economic diplomacy and relations with international organizations. She left her position as State Secretary to become the Slovak Ambassador to the Czech Republic, handing in her credentials on 18 October 2023 at Prague Castle.