Peter Pellegrini

Peter Pellegrini
Prime Minister of Slovakia
Assumed office
22 March 2018
President Andrej Kiska
Preceded by Robert Fico
Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Information
In office
23 March 2016 – 22 March 2018
Prime Minister Robert Fico
Preceded by Ľubomír Vážny
Succeeded by Richard Raši
Speaker of the National Council
In office
25 November 2014 – 23 March 2016
Preceded by Pavol Paška
Succeeded by Andrej Danko
Minister of Culture
Acting
In office
7 March 2018 – 22 March 2018
Prime Minister Robert Fico
Preceded by Marek Maďarič
Succeeded by Ľubica Laššáková
Minister for Education, Science, Research and Sport
In office
3 July 2014 – 25 November 2014
Prime Minister Robert Fico
Preceded by Dušan Čaplovič
Succeeded by Juraj Draxler
State Secretary for Finance
In office
2012 – 3 July 2014
Personal details
Born (1975-10-06) 6 October 1975
Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Political party Direction – Social Democracy
Alma mater Matej Bel University, Technical University of Košice

Peter Pellegrini (born 6 October 1975) is a Slovak politician who is the current Prime Minister of Slovakia, having taken office on 22 March 2018. He has also previously served in many government positions in Slovakia, most recently as Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Informatization.

Between 2006 and 2012 he was a member of the National Council of Slovakia. He then became State Secretary for Finance, he served in this position until his appointment as Minister for Education, Science, Research and Sport on 3 July 2014. He was Speaker of the National Council between 25 November 2014 and 23 March 2016. After his stint as speaker, he became Deputy Prime Minister for Investments.

Early life

His great-grandfather was Italian. He studied at the Faculty of Economics of Matej Bel University and the Technical University of Košice, focusing on banking, investment and finance at the latter.[1] Between 2002 and 2006 he worked as economist and later as advisor to National Council member for Privatization and Economy Ľubomír Vážny, supported by ĽS-HZDS, SNS and Smer-SD.[2][1]

Political career

In the 2006 parliamentary elections he was elected to the National Council for Direction – Social Democracy (Smer-SD). In the 2010 elections he was reelected, and once again in the 2012 elections.[1]

Between 2012 and 3 July 2014 he was State Secretary for Finance. He later briefly became Minister for Education, Science, Research and Sport.[2] On 25 November 2014, he was elected Speaker of the National Council, succeeding Pavol Paška.[3] In 2015, he was appointed Digital Champion of Slovakia, a European Union appointed position to promote the benefits of an inclusive digital society.[4] Pellegrini was subsequently made Deputy Prime Minister for Investments in 2016, during the third government of Robert Fico.[5]

Prime Minister of Slovakia

Pellegrini was sworn in as Prime Minister after his predecessor, Robert Fico resigned on 15 March 2018 in the wake of the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak.[6] President Andrej Kiska approved of Pellegrini's Cabinet on 21 March 2018,[7] and 81 members of the National Council voted in favor of approving the Cabinet the next week.[8]

Personal life

Pellegrini has Italian roots.[9] His great-grandfather Leopoldo Pellegrini came to Austro-Hungarian Empire to participate in the construction of the railway between Levice and Zvolen. He then decided to settle in Lehôtka pod Brehmi, in the district of Žiar nad Hronom, after falling in love with a local girl, Maria Kunovská.[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Panellist - Peter Pellegrini". Globsec. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Novým ministrom školstva sa stal Peter Pellegrini" (in Slovak). Slovak Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Sport. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Novým predsedom parlamentu sa stal Peter Pellegrini" (in Slovak). Teraz. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Digital Champion of Slovakia". European Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Robert Fico appointed for third time as Slovak PM". Xinhua. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  6. ↑ U.S. News. "Reshuffled Slovak Cabinet Takes Office, Easing Crisis After Journalist's Murder". Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  7. ↑ Financial Times. "Slovak president approves new cabinet". Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  8. ↑ The Sun Daily. "Slovakia MPs okay cabinet despite calls for snap polls". Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  9. ↑ a.s., Petit Press. "Deputy prime minister for investments: Peter Pellegrini (Smer)".
  10. ↑ "Pellegrini – profil nového slovenského premiéra v 10 bodech - Reflex.cz".
  11. ↑ "Chi è il nuovo primo ministro incaricato Peter Pellegrini". 19 March 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by
Dušan Čaplovič		 Minister for Education, Science, Research and Sport
2014		 Succeeded by
Juraj Draxler
Preceded by
Pavol Paška		 Speaker of the National Council
2014-2016		 Succeeded by
Andrej Danko
Preceded by
Ľubomír Vážny		 Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Information
2016-2018		 Succeeded by
Richard Raši
Preceded by
Marek Maďarič		 Minister of Culture
Acting
2018		 Succeeded by
Ľubica Laššáková
Preceded by
Robert Fico		 Prime Minister of Slovakia
2018–present		 Incumbent
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