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Peter Baco (born 9 April 1945; Opatová) is a Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Ludova strana - Hnutie za demokraticke Slovensko, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament.
He sits on its Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, and is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee.
Career
1963-1968: University of Agriculture (Nitra), Faculty of Economics and Management
1968-1973: Zootechnician
1973-1985: Chairman of an agricultural cooperative
1986-1990: Head of the overall planning department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Slovak Republic
1990-1992: Chairman of an agricultural cooperative
1992-1998: Minister of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic
Education
1991-2002: Chairman of the agricultural and scientific policy unit of HZDS (Movement for a Democratic Slovakia)
1992-1998: Minister of Agriculture
1992: Member of the Federal Assembly of the Czechoslovak Federative Republic
1994-1998: Dormant Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
1994: Adviser to the Managing Director of Poľnobanka
2000-2002: Election campaign leader for HZDS
2002-2004: Agricultural policy adviser
2002: Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
Decorations
Holder of the Slovak decoration 'Rad Ľudovíta Štúra' (Order of Ľudovít Štúr)
FAO Silver Medal
Departmental award of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Slovakia)
