Peter Pellegrini

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Peter Pellegrini
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Pellegrini in 2024
President-elect of Slovakia
Taking office
15 June 2024
Prime Minister Robert Fico
Succeeding Zuzana Čaputová
Prime Minister of Slovakia
In office
22 March 2018 – 21 March 2020
President Andrej Kiska
Zuzana Čaputová
Deputy
See list
Preceded by Robert Fico
Succeeded by Igor Matovič
Other positions in the executive
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia for Investments and Informatization
In office
23 March 2016 – 22 March 2018
Prime Minister Robert Fico
Preceded by Ľubomír Vážny
Succeeded by Richard Raši
Minister of Health
Acting
17 December 2019 – 21 March 2020
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Andrea Kalavská
Succeeded by Marek Krajčí
Minister of Finance
Acting
11 April 2019 – 7 May 2019
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Peter Kažimír
Succeeded by Ladislav Kamenický
Minister of Interior
Acting
17 April 2018 – 26 April 2018
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Tomáš Drucker
Succeeded by Denisa Saková
Minister of Culture
Acting
7 March 2018 – 22 March 2018
Prime Minister Robert Fico
Preceded by Marek Maďarič
Succeeded by Ľubica Laššáková
Minister of 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
Undersecretary of Finance
In office
11 April 2012 – 3 July 2014
Minister Peter Kažimír
Speaker of the National Council
In office
25 October 2023 – 7 April 2024
President Zuzana Čaputová
Deputy
See list
Preceded by Boris Kollár
Succeeded by Peter Žiga (acting)
In office
25 November 2014 – 23 March 2016
President Andrej Kiska
Deputy
See list
Preceded by Pavol Paška
Succeeded by Andrej Danko
Other positions in the legislature
Deputy Speaker of the National Council
In office
24 March 2020 – 21 October 2020
Serving with Gábor Grendel, Milan Laurenčík and Juraj Šeliga
Speaker Boris Kollár
Member of the National Council
In office
21 March 2020 – 7 April 2024
In office
25 November 2014 – 23 March 2016
In office
4 July 2006 – 11 April 2012
Chairman of Voice – Social Democracy
Assumed office
28 November 2020
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by TBD
Personal details
Born (1975-10-06) 6 October 1975 (age 49)
Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political party Voice – Social Democracy (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations		 Direction – Social Democracy (2000–2020)
Alma mater Matej Bel University
Technical University of Košice (Ing.)

Peter Pellegrini (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpeter ˈpeleɡriːni]; born 6 October 1975) is a Slovak politician who is the president-elect of Slovakia. He previously served as prime minister of Slovakia from 2018 to 2020.

Pellegrini also served as the Minister of Health from December 2019 to March 2020, deputy prime minister (2016–2018) and minister for Education and Science (2014), as well as spending two non-consecutive stints as speaker of the National Council (2014–2016; 2023–2024). Formerly a member of Direction – Social Democracy, he left the party and co-founded and has led Voice – Social Democracy since June 2020.

In January 2024, Pellegrini announced his candidacy in the 2024 Slovak presidential election. He finished in second behind Ivan Korčok in the first round of voting. However, He defeated Korčok in the second round held on 6 April with 53% of the vote and is scheduled to be inaugurated as the 6th president of Slovakia on 15 June 2024.

Early life and education

Pellegrini 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 an economist and later as advisor to National Council member for Privatization and Economy Ľubomír Vážny, supported by ĽS-HZDS, SNS and Smer-SD.[1][2]

Political involvement

Early functions

In the 2006 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Council for Direction – Social Democracy (Smer-SD). He was reelected in the 2010 and 2012 elections.[1] Between 2012 and 3 July 2014 he was State Secretary for Finance. He later briefly became Minister for Education and Science.[2]

First mandate as Speaker of the National Council

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]

Prime Minister of Slovakia

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Pellegrini meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, 3 May 2019
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Pellegrini meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow, on 26 February 2020

Made Deputy Prime Minister for Investments in 2016, under Prime Minister Robert Fico,[5] Pellegrini was sworn in as head of government after his predecessor 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] 81 members of the National Council voted in favour of approving the cabinet the next week.[8]

After serving as Acting Interior Minister in April 2018, Pellegrini temporarily took on the role of Finance Minister when Peter Kažimír left to become Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia in 2019.[9]

Later, in December 2019, he assumed the office of Minister of Health after Andrea Kalavská resigned.[10]

His party lost the 2020 parliamentary election to the populist, anti-corruption party Ordinary People led by Igor Matovič.[11][12][13][14]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, as medical supplies began to dwindle, nations began competing for supplies outside their jurisdictions, either paying companies to reroute or seizing equipment intended for other countries. Pellegrini said he booked two million masks from Ukraine, the requirement was payment in cash. However, a German agent appeared, paid more for the masks, and bought them. Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba responded to the situation by saying there was no country in Europe that would not hunt medical masks and respirators around the world.[15]

Second mandate as Speaker of the National Council

On 25 October 2023, he was re-elected Speaker of the National Council with 131 votes.[16]

Presidential candidacy

On 19 January 2024, after popularity by supporters[17] and support by his party Voice – Social Democracy as well as coalition partners Direction – Social Democracy, he announced his candidacy for the presidency.[18]

On 23 March 2024, he came second in the first round with 37.03% with career diplomat Ivan Korčok winning with 42.52% and retired lawyer and judge Štefan Harabin claiming third with 11.74%.[19] Soon after being second, he had claimed support from coalition partners SNS, whose leader Andrej Danko, withdrew from the first round, as well as unsuccessful candidates Krisztián Forró and Ján Kubiš.[20]

On 6 April 2024, in the second round, he won with 53.12% defeating Ivan Korčok with 46.88%.[21] On the day after the election, he confirmed that he will resign as leader of HLAS-SD and withdraw his membership of the party to honour the unwritten political tradition of the president being a nonpartisan officeholder.[22]

Political positions

Foreign policy

In April 2024, Pellegrini stated if another NATO member state were attacked by Russia, he would oppose sending Slovak Armed Forces to assist that member state, as required by Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.[23]

Personal life

Pellegrini has Italian ancestors.[24] His great-grandfather Leopoldo Pellegrini came to Austria-Hungary to participate in the construction of the railway between Levice and Zvolen.[25] In 2019, he described himself as a non-practising Catholic.[26]

Pellegrini is a bachelor.[27][28] In a 2020 interview with tabloid magazine Plus 7 dní, Pellegrini was asked whether he was gay, which he denied. The incident led to the resignation of the magazine's editor, who alleged that Pellegrini had intervened to stop the question from being published.[29][30]

Pellegrini owns a dog Gery, named after Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher.[31]

References

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External links

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Education and Science
2014		 Succeeded by
Juraj Draxler
Preceded by Speaker of the National Council
2014–2016		 Succeeded by
Andrej Danko
Preceded by Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
2016–2018		 Succeeded by
Richard Raši
Preceded by Prime Minister of Slovakia
2018–2020		 Succeeded by
Igor Matovič
Preceded by Speaker of the National Council
2023–present		 Incumbent

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