 From 26 January 2009 until July 2010, Lajčák served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Robert Fico's First Cabinet.From December 2010 to April 2012 Lajčák served as Managing Director for Russia, Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans in the EU's External Action Service.In April 2012 Lajčák was appointed again, as an independent, to the post of foreign minister and deputy prime minister in Robert Fico's Second Cabinet.