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Peter Pellegrini
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Person

Peter Pellegrini

b. 1975

President of Slovakia

Born
6 Oct 1975 · Banská Bystrica
Part ofSlovakia907 CE – todayLapsed Catholic1512 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 59 years
  1. 6 Oct 1975BornBorn in Banská Bystrica
  2. 2009 – 2012RoleRepresentative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  3. 2014 – 2016RoleSpeaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
  4. 2016 – 2018RoleDeputy Prime Minister for the Recovery and Resilience Plan
  5. 2018 – 2020RolePrime Minister of Slovakia
  6. 2018RoleMinister of Interior of the Slovak Republic
  7. 2019RoleMinister of Finance of the Slovak Republic
  8. 2019 – 2020RoleMinister of Health of the Slovak Republic
  9. 2024AwardAndrej Hlinka Order Class I
  10. 2024AwardCross of Pribina class I
  11. 2024AwardĽudovít Štúr Order 1st class
  12. 2024AwardMilan Rastislav Štefánik Cross, First Class
  13. 2024RolePresident of Slovakia
  14. 2025AwardGrand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry
  15. 2026AwardOrder pro Merito Melitensi

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1975 – today).

  1. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  3. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  4. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  5. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  6. 1985Schengen Agreement
  7. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  8. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  9. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  11. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  13. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  14. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  15. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  16. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  17. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  18. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  19. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  20. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  21. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  22. 20112011 Norway attacks
  23. 2011Libyan civil war
  24. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  25. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  26. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  27. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  28. 2015Paris Agreement
  29. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  30. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  31. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  32. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  33. 2023Gaza war
  34. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  35. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Peter Pellegrini (born 6 October 1975) is a Slovak politician who has been serving since 2024 as the sixth president 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 was inaugurated as the 6th president of Slovakia on 15 June 2024.

Pellegrini is the first Slovak politician to have held all three highest constitutional posts (president, prime minister and speaker of Parliament) in the country.

Text from the Wikipedia article Peter Pellegrini, CC BY-SA 4.0

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