Preceded by Pavol Paska Name Peter Pellegrini | Role Slovak Politician | |
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Born 6 October 1975 (age 49) ( 1975-10-06 ) Alma mater Matej Bel University, Technical University of Kosice | ||
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Peter Pellegrini (born 6 October 1975) is a Slovak politician. Between 2006 and 2012 he was 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. Since that latter date he is Deputy Prime Minister for Investments.
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- Peter pellegrini world down syndrome day
- Peter pellegrini the school dance
- Early life
- Political career
- References
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Early life
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. Between 2002 and 2006 he worked as economist and later as advisor to National Council member Ľubomír Vážny.
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.
Between 2012 and 3 July 2014 he was State Secretary for Finance. On that latter date he became Minister for Education, Science, Research and Sport.
On 25 November 2014 he was elected Speaker of the National Council, succeeding Pavol Paška. On 23 March 2016 Andrej Danko was elected as successor to Pellegrini. Pellegrini was subsequently made Deputy Prime Minister for Investments in the third government of Robert Fico.
As of 2015 he is the Digital Champion of Slovakia. An EU appointed position to promote the benefits of an inclusive digital society.