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{{Short description|President-elect of Slovakia}}
{{Short description|President of Slovakia since 2024}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Peter Pellegrini
| name = Peter Pellegrini
| image = Peter Pellegrini, 2024 (cropped).jpg
| image = Peter Pellegrini, 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Pellegrini in 2024
| caption =
| office = [[President of Slovakia|President-elect of Slovakia]]
| order = 6th
| office = President of Slovakia
| term_start = 15 June 2024
| term_start = 15 June 2024
| succeeding = [[Zuzana Čaputová]]
| predecessor = [[Zuzana Čaputová]]
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| primeminister = [[Robert Fico]]
| primeminister = [[Robert Fico]]
| office1 = [[Prime Minister of Slovakia]]
| office1 = [[Prime Minister of Slovakia]]
| deputy1 = {{List collapsed|title={{nobold|''See list''}}
| deputy1 = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|''See list''}}
|1=[[Gabriela Matečná]]
|1=[[Gabriela Matečná]]
|2=[[Richard Raši]]
|2=[[Richard Raši]]
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|4=[[Peter Kažimír]]
|4=[[Peter Kažimír]]
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| president1 = [[Andrej Kiska]] <br>Zuzana Čaputová
| president1 = [[Andrej Kiska]] <br/>Zuzana Čaputová
| term_start1 = 22 March 2018
| term_start1 = 22 March 2018
| term_end1 = 21 March 2020
| term_end1 = 21 March 2020
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| termlabel7 = [[Acting (law)|''Acting'']]
| termlabel7 = [[Acting (law)|''Acting'']]
| primeminister7 = ''Himself''
| primeminister7 = ''Himself''
| office8 = Minister of Interior
| office8 = [[Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic|Minister of Interior]]
| termstart8 = 17 April 2018
| termstart8 = 17 April 2018
| termend8 = 26 April 2018
| termend8 = 26 April 2018
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| termlabel8 = [[Acting (law)|''Acting'']]
| termlabel8 = [[Acting (law)|''Acting'']]
| primeminister8 = ''Himself''
| primeminister8 = ''Himself''
| office9 = Minister of Culture
| office9 = [[Ministry of Culture (Slovakia)|Minister of Culture]]
| termstart9 = 7 March 2018
| termstart9 = 7 March 2018
| termend9 = 22 March 2018
| termend9 = 22 March 2018
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| termlabel9 = [[Acting (law)|''Acting'']]
| termlabel9 = [[Acting (law)|''Acting'']]
| primeminister9 = Robert Fico
| primeminister9 = Robert Fico
| office10 = Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport
| office10 = [[Ministry of the Education (Slovakia)|Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport]]
| primeminister10 = Robert Fico
| primeminister10 = Robert Fico
| predecessor10 = [[Dušan Čaplovič]]
| predecessor10 = [[Dušan Čaplovič]]
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| predecessor2 = [[Boris Kollár]]
| predecessor2 = [[Boris Kollár]]
| successor2 = [[Peter Žiga]] (acting)
| successor2 = [[Peter Žiga]] (acting)
| deputy2 = {{List collapsed|title={{nobold|''See list''}}
| deputy2 = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|''See list''}}
|1=[[Ľuboš Blaha]]
|1=[[Ľuboš Blaha]]
|2=Andrej Danko
|2=Andrej Danko
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| term_end3 = 23 March 2016
| term_end3 = 23 March 2016
| president3 = Andrej Kiska
| president3 = Andrej Kiska
| deputy3 = {{List collapsed|title={{nobold|''See list''}}
| deputy3 = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|''See list''}}
|1=[[Ján Figeľ]]
|1=[[Ján Figeľ]]
|2=[[Erika Jurinová]]
|2=[[Erika Jurinová]]
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| office12 = Deputy Speaker of the [[National Council (Slovakia)|National Council]]
| office12 = Deputy Speaker of the [[National Council of Slovakia|National Council]]
| term_start12 = 24 March 2020
| term_start12 = 24 March 2020
| term_end12 = 21 October 2020
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| 1namedata12 = Boris Kollár
| 1namedata12 = Boris Kollár
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| office4 = Leader of [[Voice – Social Democracy]]
| office4 = Chairman of [[Voice – Social Democracy]]
| status4 = [[Lame duck (politics)|Outgoing]]
| termstart4 = 28 November 2020
| termstart4 = 28 November 2020
| predecessor4 = ''Office established''
| predecessor4 = Office established
| successor4 = ''TBD''
| successor4 = [[Matúš Šutaj Eštok]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|10|06|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Banská Bystrica]], [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]]<br>(now [[Slovakia]])
| birth_place = [[Banská Bystrica]], [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]]<br/>(now [[Slovakia]])
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| party = [[Voice – Social Democracy]] (2020–present)
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| residence = [[Grassalkovich Palace]]
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| alma_mater = [[Matej Bel University]]<br/>[[Technical University of Košice]] ([[Engineer's degree|Ing.]])
| website =
| termend4 = 1 June 2024
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| alma_mater = [[Matej Bel University]]<br>[[Technical University of Košice]] ([[Engineer's degree|Ing.]])
| website = [https://www.prezident.sk/en/ President of the Slovak Republic]
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'''Peter Pellegrini''' ({{IPA-sk|ˈpeter ˈpeleɡriːni}}; born 6 October 1975) is a Slovak politician who is the [[President of Slovakia |president-elect of Slovakia]]. He currently serves as the Speaker of the National Council since September 2023 and was the [[prime minister of Slovakia]] from 2018 to 2020.
'''Peter Pellegrini''' ({{IPA|sk|ˈpeter ˈpeleɡriːni}}; born 6 October 1975) is a Slovak politician who is serving as the sixth [[president of Slovakia]] since 2024. 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, [[Fico's Second Cabinet|deputy prime minister]] (2016–2018) and [[Fico's Second Cabinet|minister for Education and Science]] (2014), as well as spending two years as [[List of speakers of Slovak parliaments|speaker]] of the [[National Council (Slovakia)|National Council]] (2014–2016). Previously a member member of [[Direction – Social Democracy]], he left the party and co-founded and has led [[Voice – Social Democracy]] since June 2020.
Pellegrini also served as the [[Minister of Health|minister of health]] from December 2019 to March 2020, [[Fico's Second Cabinet|deputy prime minister]] (2016–2018) and [[Fico's Second Cabinet|minister for Education and Science]] (2014), as well as spending two non-consecutive stints as [[List of speakers of Slovak parliaments|speaker]] of the [[National Council (Slovakia)|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 won the second round on 6 April with 53% of the vote and is scheduled to be inaugurated as the 6th president of Slovakia on 15 June 2024.
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-robert-fico-slovakia-bratislava-zuzana-caputova-b2563189.html |title=Peter Pellegrini, a close ally of the populist prime minister, is sworn in as Slovakia's president |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 June 2024 |website=The Independent|access-date=15 June 2024 |quote=}}</ref>

Pellegrini is the first Slovak politician to have held all three highest constitutional posts (President, Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament) in the country.<ref name="ceskatelevize 150624">{{cite web |title=Chci silný stát, řekl Pellegrini v inauguračním projevu |url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/svet/verim-ze-duveru-obcanu-nezklamu-rekl-pellegrini-pred-inauguraci-350279 |website=[[ČT24]]|access-date=24 June 2024 |language=cs}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
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==Political involvement==
==Political involvement==
===Early functions===
===Early functions===
He started his political career in 2002 at the age of 26 when he ran for the first time in the [[2002 Slovak parliamentary election|parliamentary elections]] for the party [[Direction – Social Democracy]] from 41st place and received 1,223 votes, which was not enough for him to become a deputy [[ National Council of the Slovak Republic|National Council of the SR]]. In the same year, he started working as an economist.<ref name="etrend-2014-parlamentu-uz-sefuje-pellegrini">{{Cite web| agency = SITA|title = Parlamentu už šéfuje Pellegrini. „Za“ hlasovala aj časť opozície|website=Trend|url=https://www.etrend.sk/ekonomika/parlamentu-uz-sefuje-pellegrini-za-hlasovala-aj-cast-opozicie.html| issn = 1336-2674|publisher= TREND Holding|date= 2014-11-25|access-date= 2018-03-16}}</ref>
In the [[2006 Slovak parliamentary election|2006 parliamentary election]], he was elected to the [[National Council (Slovakia)|National Council]] for [[Direction – Social Democracy]] (Smer-SD). He was reelected in the [[2010 Slovak parliamentary election|2010]] and [[2012 Slovak parliamentary election|2012 elections]].<ref name=globsec /> Between 2012 and 3 July 2014 he was State Secretary for Finance. He later briefly became Minister for Education and Science.<ref name=ministry />

In the [[2006 Slovak parliamentary election|2006 parliamentary election]], he ran for the Smer-SD party from the 27th place of the candidate list and was elected as a member of the [[National Council (Slovakia)|National Council]] of the Slovak Republic with a gain of 2,665 votes. During the 2006–2010 election period, he was a member of the Health Parliamentary Committee, Committee of the National Council for reviewing the decisions of the [[National Security Bureau (Slovakia)|National Security Bureau]] and a member of the Mandate and Immunity Committee of the National Council.

In the [[2010 Slovak parliamentary election]], he again ran for the Smer-SD party from the 34th place in the candidate list and with a gain of 2,745 votes became a member of the National Council.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Vladimíra Kucejová|title = Vážneho zákon zabral pôdu na cesty protiústavne |website=[[Pravda (Slovakia)|Pravda]]|publisher=Our Media SR a. s.|url =https://ekonomika.pravda.sk/ludia/clanok/195208-vazneho-zakon-zabral-podu-na-cesty-protiustavne/ | issn = 1336-197X|date= 2011-01-27 |access-date= 2024-06-16 }}</ref> As a member of the National Council, he served as a member of the Committee for Finance and Budget and a member of the Committee for Review of Decisions National Security Bureau. He was again reelected in the [[2012 Slovak parliamentary election|2012 elections]].<ref name=globsec /> He ran from the 35th place and received 5,950 votes. Between 4 April 2012 and 3 July 2014 he was State Secretary for Finance in the [[Fico's Second Cabinet]]. At the extraordinary assembly of the Smer-SD party on 28 June 2014, he became its new vice-chairman.<ref name="etrend-2014-parlamentu-uz-sefuje-pellegrini"/> On 3 July 2014, after the resignation of the Minister of Education [[Dušan Čaplovič]], President [[Andrej Kiska]] appointed him as the Minister for Education and Science.<ref name=ministry />


===First mandate as Speaker of the National Council===
===First mandate as Speaker of the National Council===
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===Prime Minister of Slovakia===
===Prime Minister of Slovakia===
[[File:President Trump Welcomes the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic to the White House (33889394078).jpg|thumb|left|Pellegrini meeting with U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] at the [[White House]], 3 May 2019]]
[[File:Future of Europe debate with Peter Pellegrini Slovak Prime Minister (33481905118).jpg|thumb|left|Peter Pellegrini as Prime Minister, speaks to the [[European Parliament]], [[Strasbourg]], March, 2019]]
[[File:Mikhail Mishustin and Peter Pellegrini (2020-02-26) 01.jpg|thumb|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]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/24/c_135217449.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331010800/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/24/c_135217449.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 March 2017 |title=Robert Fico appointed for third time as Slovak PM |publisher=Xinhua |date=24 March 2016 |access-date=2 April 2016}}</ref> Pellegrini was sworn in as head of government after his predecessor resigned on 15 March 2018 in the wake of the [[Murder of Ján Kuciak|murder of journalist Ján Kuciak]].<ref>{{Cite news |website=U.S. News |title=Reshuffled Slovak Cabinet Takes Office, Easing Crisis After Journalist's Murder |access-date=30 March 2018 |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-03-22/slovak-president-appoints-peter-pellegrini-as-new-prime-minister |archive-date=24 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324115116/https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-03-22/slovak-president-appoints-peter-pellegrini-as-new-prime-minister |url-status=live }}</ref> President [[Andrej Kiska]] approved of [[Pellegrini's Cabinet]] on 21 March 2018;<ref>{{Cite news |website=Financial Times |title=Slovak president approves new cabinet |access-date=30 March 2018 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2ce53eac-2d2d-11e8-9b4b-bc4b9f08f381 |archive-date=24 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324115123/https://www.ft.com/content/2ce53eac-2d2d-11e8-9b4b-bc4b9f08f381 |url-status=live }}</ref> 81 members of the National Council voted in favour of approving the cabinet the next week.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Slovakia MPs okay cabinet despite calls for snap polls|url=http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2018/03/27/slovakia-mps-okay-cabinet-despite-calls-snap-polls|website=The Sun Daily|access-date=30 March 2018|archive-date=24 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324115110/https://www.thesundaily.my/archive/slovakia-mps-okay-cabinet-despite-calls-snap-polls-HUARCH535791|url-status=live}}</ref>


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.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Jason|last=Hovet|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovakia-government-minister/slovak-pm-to-head-finance-ministry-temporarily-after-kazimir-leaves-idUSKCN1RG0XI|title=Slovak PM to head finance ministry temporarily after Kazimir leaves|website=[[Reuters]]|date=4 April 2019|access-date=6 August 2019|archive-date=24 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324115128/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovakia-government-minister/slovak-pm-to-head-finance-ministry-temporarily-after-kazimir-leaves-idUSKCN1RG0XI|url-status=live}}</ref>
Made Deputy Prime Minister for Investments in 2016, under Prime Minister [[Robert Fico]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/24/c_135217449.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331010800/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/24/c_135217449.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 March 2017 |title=Robert Fico appointed for third time as Slovak PM |publisher=Xinhua |date=24 March 2016 |access-date=2 April 2016}}</ref> Pellegrini was sworn in as head of government after his predecessor resigned on 15 March 2018 in the wake of the [[Murder of Ján Kuciak|murder of journalist Ján Kuciak]].<ref>{{Cite news |website=U.S. News |title=Reshuffled Slovak Cabinet Takes Office, Easing Crisis After Journalist's Murder |access-date=30 March 2018 |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-03-22/slovak-president-appoints-peter-pellegrini-as-new-prime-minister |archive-date=24 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324115116/https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-03-22/slovak-president-appoints-peter-pellegrini-as-new-prime-minister |url-status=live }}</ref> President [[Andrej Kiska]] approved of [[Pellegrini's Cabinet]] on 21 March 2018;<ref>{{Cite news |website=Financial Times |title=Slovak president approves new cabinet |access-date=30 March 2018 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2ce53eac-2d2d-11e8-9b4b-bc4b9f08f381 |archive-date=24 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324115123/https://www.ft.com/content/2ce53eac-2d2d-11e8-9b4b-bc4b9f08f381 |url-status=live }}</ref> 81 members of the National Council voted in favour of approving the cabinet the next week.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Slovakia MPs okay cabinet despite calls for snap polls|url=http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2018/03/27/slovakia-mps-okay-cabinet-despite-calls-snap-polls|website=The Sun Daily|access-date=30 March 2018|archive-date=24 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324115110/https://www.thesundaily.my/archive/slovakia-mps-okay-cabinet-despite-calls-snap-polls-HUARCH535791|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Jason|last=Hovet|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovakia-government-minister/slovak-pm-to-head-finance-ministry-temporarily-after-kazimir-leaves-idUSKCN1RG0XI|title=Slovak PM to head finance ministry temporarily after Kazimir leaves|website=[[Reuters]]|date=4 April 2019|access-date=6 August 2019|archive-date=24 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324115128/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovakia-government-minister/slovak-pm-to-head-finance-ministry-temporarily-after-kazimir-leaves-idUSKCN1RG0XI|url-status=live}}</ref>


Later, in December 2019, he assumed the office of [[Minister of Health]] after [[Andrea Kalavská]] resigned.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Daniela|last=Hajčáková|title=Čaputová prijala Kalavskej demisiu, ministerstvo povedie Pellegrini|url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/22285899/caputova-prijala-kalavskej-demisiu-ministerstvo-povedie-pellegrini.html|website=[[Sme]]|date=17 December 2019|access-date=18 December 2019|archive-date=21 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821105536/https://domov.sme.sk/c/22285899/caputova-prijala-kalavskej-demisiu-ministerstvo-povedie-pellegrini.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
After about a year of assuming office, Pellegrini was on 3 May 2019 invited on reception by the president of the [[United States]], [[Donald Trump]], on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the [[Velvet Revolution]] and the 15th anniversary of Slovakia's entry into [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Miroslav Čaplovič|title = Pellegrini sa má stretnúť s Trumpom. V Bielom dome |website=[[Pravda (Slovakia)|Pravda]]|publisher=Our Media SR a. s.| url=https://spravy.pravda.sk/svet/clanok/504656-pellegrini-sa-ma-stretnut-s-trumpom-v-bielom-dome/ | issn = 1336-197X|date = 2019-03-07 | access-date= 2019-05-03 }}</ref> During the meeting, they discussed issues of energy security, Nordstream 2, illegal migration and [[Ukraine]]. Trump praised Slovakia's steps to increase the defense budget by two percent within NATO.<ref>{{Cite web|author= Andrej Matišák|title = Trump prijal v Bielom dome premiéra Pellegriniho, rád by navštívil Slovensko |website=[[Pravda (Slovakia)|Pravda]]|publisher=Our Media SR a. s.| url = https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/510973-donald-trump-prijal-v-bielom-dome-premiera-pellegriniho/ | issn = 1336-197X|date= 2019-05-03 | access-date= 2024-06-17}}</ref> Later, in December 2019, he assumed the office of [[Minister of Health]] after [[Andrea Kalavská]] resigned.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Daniela|last=Hajčáková|title=Čaputová prijala Kalavskej demisiu, ministerstvo povedie Pellegrini|url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/22285899/caputova-prijala-kalavskej-demisiu-ministerstvo-povedie-pellegrini.html|website=[[Sme]]|date=17 December 2019|access-date=18 December 2019|archive-date=21 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821105536/https://domov.sme.sk/c/22285899/caputova-prijala-kalavskej-demisiu-ministerstvo-povedie-pellegrini.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


[[File:President Trump Welcomes the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic to the White House (33889394078).jpg|thumb|Peter Pellegrini as Prime Minister, meeting with U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] at the [[White House]], [[Washington D.C.]], May 2019]]
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His party lost the [[2020 Slovak parliamentary election|2020 parliamentary election]] to the [[Populism|populist]], [[anti-corruption]] party [[Ordinary People (Slovakia)|Ordinary People]] led by [[Igor Matovič]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51693527|title=Anti-corruption party wins Slovakia election|website=[[BBC News]]|date=1 March 2020|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=6 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106083814/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51693527|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Slovakia election: seismic shift as public anger ousts dominant Smer-SD party|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/slovakia-election-centre-right-olano-wins-poll-on-anti-graft-platform|website=[[The Guardian]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=1 March 2020|issn=0261-3077|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=24 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224045925/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/slovakia-election-centre-right-olano-wins-poll-on-anti-graft-platform|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/01/slovakia-s-anti-corruption-opposition-party-wins-parliamentary-election|title=Slovakia's anti-corruption opposition party wins election|website=[[Euronews]]|date=1 March 2020|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030224439/https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/01/slovakia-s-anti-corruption-opposition-party-wins-parliamentary-election|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Siegfried|last=Mortkowitz|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/smer-suffers-huge-defeat-in-slovakia-election-exit-polls/|title=Anti-corruption opposition wins Slovakia election|website=[[Politico Europe]]|date=29 February 2020|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806152655/https://www.politico.eu/article/smer-suffers-huge-defeat-in-slovakia-election-exit-polls/|url-status=live}}</ref>


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His party lost the [[2020 Slovak parliamentary election|2020 parliamentary election]] to the [[Populism|populist]], [[anti-corruption]] party [[Ordinary People (Slovakia)|Ordinary People]] led by [[Igor Matovič]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51693527|title=Anti-corruption party wins Slovakia election|website=[[BBC News]]|date=1 March 2020|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=6 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106083814/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51693527|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Slovakia election: seismic shift as public anger ousts dominant Smer-SD party|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/slovakia-election-centre-right-olano-wins-poll-on-anti-graft-platform|website=[[The Guardian]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=1 March 2020|issn=0261-3077|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=24 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224045925/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/slovakia-election-centre-right-olano-wins-poll-on-anti-graft-platform|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/01/slovakia-s-anti-corruption-opposition-party-wins-parliamentary-election|title=Slovakia's anti-corruption opposition party wins election|website=[[Euronews]]|date=1 March 2020|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030224439/https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/01/slovakia-s-anti-corruption-opposition-party-wins-parliamentary-election|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Siegfried|last=Mortkowitz|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/smer-suffers-huge-defeat-in-slovakia-election-exit-polls/|title=Anti-corruption opposition wins Slovakia election|website=[[Politico Europe]]|date=29 February 2020|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806152655/https://www.politico.eu/article/smer-suffers-huge-defeat-in-slovakia-election-exit-polls/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 16 March 2020, the government introduced measures against the spread of [[COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia]], introduced a [[state of emergency]] for state hospitals in Slovakia, closed all schools, limited movement of citizens, closed business establishments and introduced [[quarantine]].<ref>{{Cite web|author = TASR| title = Pellegrini: Uzatvárame školy, medzinárodné letiská, aj zábavné parky | publisher = teraz.sk| url = https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/p-pellegrini-vsetky-tri-medzinarodn/451973-clanok.html| date= 2020-03-12 |access-date= 2024-06-18}}</ref>
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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.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Dasha|last=Zubkova|title=Ukraine Was Ready To Sell Slovakia 2 Million Medical Face Masks, But Order Was Cut Off – Prime Minister Of Slovakia Pellegrini|url=https://ukranews.com/en/news/690139-ukraine-was-ready-to-sell-slovakia-2-million-medical-face-masks-but-order-was-cut-off-prime|date=16 March 2020|website=Ukrainian News|access-date=13 April 2020|archive-date=18 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518130140/https://ukranews.com/en/news/690139-ukraine-was-ready-to-sell-slovakia-2-million-medical-face-masks-but-order-was-cut-off-prime|url-status=live}}</ref>

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During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020, 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.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Dasha|last=Zubkova|title=Ukraine Was Ready To Sell Slovakia 2 Million Medical Face Masks, But Order Was Cut Off – Prime Minister Of Slovakia Pellegrini|url=https://ukranews.com/en/news/690139-ukraine-was-ready-to-sell-slovakia-2-million-medical-face-masks-but-order-was-cut-off-prime|date=16 March 2020|website=Ukrainian News|access-date=13 April 2020|archive-date=18 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518130140/https://ukranews.com/en/news/690139-ukraine-was-ready-to-sell-slovakia-2-million-medical-face-masks-but-order-was-cut-off-prime|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Second mandate as Speaker of the National Council===
===Second mandate as Speaker of the National Council===
[[File:Visit to Ireland by Delegation led by Peter Pellegrini, Chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on 27 and 28 February 2024 - 16.jpg|thumb|Peter Pellegrini as Speaker of the National Council, with the [[Ceann Comhairle|speaker]] of the lower house of the [[Oireachtas]] (parliament) of Ireland, [[Seán Ó Fearghaíl]], [[Dublin]], February 2024]]
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On 25 October 2023, he was re-elected Speaker of the National Council with 131 votes.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pellegriniho zvolili za predsedu NR SR. O obštrukciu sa postaral Matovič, v rozprave mu tvrdo vynadal|url=https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/686149-ustanovujuca-schodza-nr-sr-poslanci-zlozia-sluby-volit-sa-bude-sef-parlamentu-podpredsedovia-aj-predsedovia-vyborov/|website=[[Pravda (Slovakia)|Pravda]]|date=25 October 2023|language=sk|access-date=25 October 2023|archive-date=25 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025065908/https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/686149-ustanovujuca-schodza-nr-sr-poslanci-zlozia-sluby-volit-sa-bude-sef-parlamentu-podpredsedovia-aj-predsedovia-vyborov/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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On 25 October 2023, he was re-elected Speaker of the National Council with 131 votes.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pellegriniho zvolili za predsedu NR SR. O obštrukciu sa postaral Matovič, v rozprave mu tvrdo vynadal|url=https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/686149-ustanovujuca-schodza-nr-sr-poslanci-zlozia-sluby-volit-sa-bude-sef-parlamentu-podpredsedovia-aj-predsedovia-vyborov/|website=[[Pravda (Slovakia)|Pravda]]|date=25 October 2023|publisher=Our Media SR a. s.|language=sk|access-date=25 October 2023|archive-date=25 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025065908/https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/686149-ustanovujuca-schodza-nr-sr-poslanci-zlozia-sluby-volit-sa-bude-sef-parlamentu-podpredsedovia-aj-predsedovia-vyborov/|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== Presidential candidacy ===
=== Presidential candidacy ===
On 19 January 2024, after popularity by supporters<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kerekes |first=Daniel |date=21 December 2023 |title=Podpora Pellegriniho rastie, aj keď neohlásil prezidentskú kandidatúru. Teraz by ho Korčok neporazil |url=https://dennikn.sk/3741337/pellegriniho-potencial-v-prezidentskych-volbach-sa-blizi-k-50-percentam-teraz-by-ho-korcok-v-druhom-kole-neporazil/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |website=Denník N |language=sk |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131145023/https://dennikn.sk/3741337/pellegriniho-potencial-v-prezidentskych-volbach-sa-blizi-k-50-percentam-teraz-by-ho-korcok-v-druhom-kole-neporazil/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and support by his party [[Voice – Social Democracy]] as well as coalition partners [[Direction – Social Democracy]], he announced his candidacy for the presidency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 January 2024 |title=Predsedníctvo Hlasu schválilo kandidatúru Pellegriniho na prezidenta |url=https://spravy.pravda.sk/prezidentske-volby-2024/clanok/696446-predsednictvo-hlasu-schvalilo-kandidaturu-pellegriniho-na-prezidenta/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |website=Pravda |language=sk |archive-date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407021751/https://spravy.pravda.sk/prezidentske-volby-2024/clanok/696446-predsednictvo-hlasu-schvalilo-kandidaturu-pellegriniho-na-prezidenta/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 19 January 2024, after popularity by supporters<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kerekes |first=Daniel |date=21 December 2023 |title=Podpora Pellegriniho rastie, aj keď neohlásil prezidentskú kandidatúru. Teraz by ho Korčok neporazil |url=https://dennikn.sk/3741337/pellegriniho-potencial-v-prezidentskych-volbach-sa-blizi-k-50-percentam-teraz-by-ho-korcok-v-druhom-kole-neporazil/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |website=Denník N |language=sk |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131145023/https://dennikn.sk/3741337/pellegriniho-potencial-v-prezidentskych-volbach-sa-blizi-k-50-percentam-teraz-by-ho-korcok-v-druhom-kole-neporazil/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and support by his party [[Voice – Social Democracy]] as well as coalition partners [[Direction – Social Democracy]], he announced his candidacy for the presidency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 January 2024 |title=Predsedníctvo Hlasu schválilo kandidatúru Pellegriniho na prezidenta |url=https://spravy.pravda.sk/prezidentske-volby-2024/clanok/696446-predsednictvo-hlasu-schvalilo-kandidaturu-pellegriniho-na-prezidenta/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |website=[[Pravda (Slovakia)|Pravda]]|publisher=Our Media SR a. s. |language=sk |archive-date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407021751/https://spravy.pravda.sk/prezidentske-volby-2024/clanok/696446-predsednictvo-hlasu-schvalilo-kandidaturu-pellegriniho-na-prezidenta/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


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%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Výsledky prezidentských volieb 2024 - 1. kolo |url=https://www.aktuality.sk/udalost/prezidentske-volby-2024/1-kolo/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |website=[[Aktuality.sk]] |language=sk |archive-date=8 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408095836/https://www.aktuality.sk/udalost/prezidentske-volby-2024/vysledky-1-kolo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Soon after being second, he had claimed support from coalition partners [[Slovak National Party|SNS]], whose leader Andrej Danko, withdrew from the first round, as well as unsuccessful candidates [[Krisztián Forró]] and [[Štefan Harabin]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 March 2024 |title=Slovakian Hungarian Alliance to Support Peter Pellegrini in Presidential Elections |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/slovakian-hungarian-alliance-to-support-peter-pellegrini-in-presidential-elections/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |website=Hungary Today |language=sk |archive-date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407021722/https://hungarytoday.hu/slovakian-hungarian-alliance-to-support-peter-pellegrini-in-presidential-elections/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Výsledky prezidentských volieb 2024 - 1. kolo |url=https://www.aktuality.sk/udalost/prezidentske-volby-2024/1-kolo/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |website=[[Aktuality.sk]] |language=sk |archive-date=8 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408095836/https://www.aktuality.sk/udalost/prezidentske-volby-2024/vysledky-1-kolo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Soon after being second, he had claimed support from coalition partners [[Slovak National Party|SNS]], whose leader Andrej Danko, withdrew from the first round, as well as unsuccessful candidates [[Krisztián Forró]] and [[Ján Kubiš]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 March 2024 |title=Slovakian Hungarian Alliance to Support Peter Pellegrini in Presidential Elections |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/slovakian-hungarian-alliance-to-support-peter-pellegrini-in-presidential-elections/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |website=Hungary Today |language=sk |archive-date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407021722/https://hungarytoday.hu/slovakian-hungarian-alliance-to-support-peter-pellegrini-in-presidential-elections/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


On 6 April 2024, in the second round, he won with 53.12% defeating [[Ivan Korčok]] with 46.88%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voľby 2024 - Výsledky prezidentských volieb 2. kolo LIVE |url=https://www.aktuality.sk/udalost/prezidentske-volby-2024/vysledky/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Aktuality.sk |language=sk |archive-date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407060845/https://www.aktuality.sk/udalost/prezidentske-volby-2024/vysledky/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On the day after the election, he confirmed that he will resign as leader of [[Voice – Social Democracy|HLAS-SD]] and withdraw his membership of the party to honour the unwritten political tradition of the president being a nonpartisan officeholder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Massayová |first=Vanessa |date=7 April 2024 |title=Peter Pellegrini sa vzdá členstva aj predsedníctva v Hlase: Chcem dodržať nepísanú tradíciu |url=https://www.startitup.sk/peter-pellegrini-sa-vzda-clenstva-aj-predsednictva-v-hlase-chcem-dodrzat-nepisanu-tradiciu/ |website=Start It Up |language=sk |access-date=7 April 2024 |archive-date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407112627/https://www.startitup.sk/peter-pellegrini-sa-vzda-clenstva-aj-predsednictva-v-hlase-chcem-dodrzat-nepisanu-tradiciu/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 6 April 2024, in the second round, he won with 53.12% defeating [[Ivan Korčok]] with 46.88%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voľby 2024 - Výsledky prezidentských volieb 2. kolo LIVE |url=https://www.aktuality.sk/udalost/prezidentske-volby-2024/vysledky/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Aktuality.sk |language=sk |archive-date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407060845/https://www.aktuality.sk/udalost/prezidentske-volby-2024/vysledky/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On the day after the election, he confirmed that he will resign as leader of [[Voice – Social Democracy|HLAS-SD]] and withdraw his membership of the party to honour the unwritten political tradition of the president being a nonpartisan officeholder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Massayová |first=Vanessa |date=7 April 2024 |title=Peter Pellegrini sa vzdá členstva aj predsedníctva v Hlase: Chcem dodržať nepísanú tradíciu |url=https://www.startitup.sk/peter-pellegrini-sa-vzda-clenstva-aj-predsednictva-v-hlase-chcem-dodrzat-nepisanu-tradiciu/ |website=Start It Up |language=sk |access-date=7 April 2024 |archive-date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407112627/https://www.startitup.sk/peter-pellegrini-sa-vzda-clenstva-aj-predsednictva-v-hlase-chcem-dodrzat-nepisanu-tradiciu/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Presidency ==
{{see also|List of international presidential trips made by Peter Pellegrini}}
[[File:Zasedanje vrha Nata (53848566328).jpg|thumb|Peter Pellegrini as President at the [[2024 Washington summit|NATO summit]] in Washington D.C., July 2024]]

His presidential inauguration took place on 15 June 2024 during a special session of the [[National Council (Slovakia)|National Council]] in [[Bratislava]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Katuška|first1=Michal|last2=Vonšák|first2=Martin|url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/23344248/online-inauguracia-peter-pellegrini-novy-prezident-slovenska.html|title=Inaugurácia Petra Pellegriniho: Sledujeme online menovanie nového prezidenta Slovenska|date=15 June 2024 |website=[[Sme]] |agency=TASR|access-date=15 June 2024|language=sk|publisher=Petit Press}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Pellegrini has [[Italian people|Italian]] ancestors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Deputy prime minister for investments: Peter Pellegrini (Smer)|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20121640/deputy-prime-minister-for-investments-peter-pellegrini-smer.html|website=[[The Slovak Spectator]]|publisher=Petit Press a.s.|date=22 March 2016|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316084741/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20121640/deputy-prime-minister-for-investments-peter-pellegrini-smer.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His great-grandfather Leopoldo Pellegrini came to [[Austria-Hungary]] to participate in the construction of the railway between [[Levice]] and [[Zvolen]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Matúš|last=Burčík|title=Prvý Pellegrini prišiel pred 130 rokmi. Syn bol v ruskom zajatí. Majetok im znárodnili|url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/23298001/prvy-pellegrini-prisiel-pred-130-rokmi-syn-bol-v-ruskom-zajati-majetok-im-znarodnili.html|website=Sme|access-date=1 April 2024|language=sk|publisher=Petit Press a.s.|archive-date=1 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401152826/https://domov.sme.sk/c/23298001/prvy-pellegrini-prisiel-pred-130-rokmi-syn-bol-v-ruskom-zajati-majetok-im-znarodnili.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, he described himself as a non-practicing [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Lukáš|last=Kekelák|title=Zahlasoval za obdobu registrovaných partnerstiev, Záborskú označil za protipotratovú džihádistku|url=https://www.postoj.sk/149010/pellegrini-zahlasoval-za-obdobu-registrovanych-partnerstiev-zaborsku-oznacil-za-protipotratovu-dzihadistku|website=Denník Postoj|date=14 March 2024|access-date=24 March 2024|language=sk|publisher=POSTOJ MEDIA, s.r.o.|archive-date=24 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324182454/https://www.postoj.sk/149010/pellegrini-zahlasoval-za-obdobu-registrovanych-partnerstiev-zaborsku-oznacil-za-protipotratovu-dzihadistku|url-status=live}}</ref>
Pellegrini has [[Italian people|Italian]] ancestors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Deputy prime minister for investments: Peter Pellegrini (Smer)|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20121640/deputy-prime-minister-for-investments-peter-pellegrini-smer.html|website=[[The Slovak Spectator]]|publisher=Petit Press a.s.|date=22 March 2016|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316084741/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20121640/deputy-prime-minister-for-investments-peter-pellegrini-smer.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His great-grandfather Leopoldo Pellegrini (1856–1942) of Salter ([[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol|Trentino Region]]) came to [[Austria-Hungary]] to participate in the construction of the railway between [[Levice]] and [[Zvolen]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Matúš|last=Burčík|title=Prvý Pellegrini prišiel pred 130 rokmi. Syn bol v ruskom zajatí. Majetok im znárodnili|url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/23298001/prvy-pellegrini-prisiel-pred-130-rokmi-syn-bol-v-ruskom-zajati-majetok-im-znarodnili.html|website=Sme|access-date=1 April 2024|language=sk|publisher=Petit Press a.s.|archive-date=1 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401152826/https://domov.sme.sk/c/23298001/prvy-pellegrini-prisiel-pred-130-rokmi-syn-bol-v-ruskom-zajati-majetok-im-znarodnili.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2019, he described himself as a non-practising [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Lukáš|last=Kekelák|title=Zahlasoval za obdobu registrovaných partnerstiev, Záborskú označil za protipotratovú džihádistku|url=https://www.postoj.sk/149010/pellegrini-zahlasoval-za-obdobu-registrovanych-partnerstiev-zaborsku-oznacil-za-protipotratovu-dzihadistku|website=Denník Postoj|date=14 March 2024|access-date=24 March 2024|language=sk|publisher=POSTOJ MEDIA, s.r.o.|archive-date=24 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324182454/https://www.postoj.sk/149010/pellegrini-zahlasoval-za-obdobu-registrovanych-partnerstiev-zaborsku-oznacil-za-protipotratovu-dzihadistku|url-status=live}}</ref>


Pellegrini is a [[bachelor]].<ref name="France 24 2018">{{cite web | title=Pellegrini: Slovakia's heartthrob politician to be new PM | website=France 24 | date=2018-03-15 | url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180315-pellegrini-slovakias-heartthrob-politician-be-new-pm | access-date=2024-04-07 | agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] | archive-date=7 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407091042/https://www.france24.com/en/20180315-pellegrini-slovakias-heartthrob-politician-be-new-pm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Danko Sexuality">{{cite web | first=Peter | last=Dlhopolec | title=Danko seeks to make Pellegrini's sexuality a topic ahead of presidential race | website=The Slovak Spectator | date=2024-01-05 | url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23264575/danko-seeks-to-make-pellegrinis-sexuality-a-topic-ahead-of-presidential-race.html | access-date=2024-04-07 | publisher=Petit Press a.s. | archive-date=18 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118204029/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23264575/danko-seeks-to-make-pellegrinis-sexuality-a-topic-ahead-of-presidential-race.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2020 interview with [[Tabloid journalism|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.<ref name="Sexuality">{{cite web | title=A chief editor quits over Pellegrini's intervention in a to-be-published interview | website=The Slovak Spectator | date=2020-02-19 | url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22330088/a-chief-editor-quits-over-pellegrinis-intervention-in-a-to-be-published-interview.html | access-date=2024-04-07 | publisher=Petit Press a.s. | archive-date=7 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407125908/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22330088/a-chief-editor-quits-over-pellegrinis-intervention-in-a-to-be-published-interview.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Hron 2020 p519">{{cite web | last=Hron | first=Jan | title=Pellegrini měl zcenzurovat rozhovor. Nelíbila se mu otázka, zda je gay | website=[[iDNES.cz]] | date=2020-02-19 | url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/zahranicni/slovensko-pellegrini-smer-sd-sexualni-orientace-rezignace-plus-7-dni-selestiakova-skandal-denik-n-sm.A200219_183226_zahranicni_jhr | language=cs | access-date=2024-04-07 | publisher=[[Mafra (company)|Mafra]] | archive-date=7 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407125908/https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/zahranicni/slovensko-pellegrini-smer-sd-sexualni-orientace-rezignace-plus-7-dni-selestiakova-skandal-denik-n-sm.A200219_183226_zahranicni_jhr | url-status=live }}</ref>
Pellegrini is a [[bachelor]].<ref name="France 24 2018">{{cite web | title=Pellegrini: Slovakia's heartthrob politician to be new PM | website=France 24 | date=2018-03-15 | url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180315-pellegrini-slovakias-heartthrob-politician-be-new-pm | access-date=2024-04-07 | agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] | archive-date=7 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407091042/https://www.france24.com/en/20180315-pellegrini-slovakias-heartthrob-politician-be-new-pm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Danko Sexuality">{{cite web | first=Peter | last=Dlhopolec | title=Danko seeks to make Pellegrini's sexuality a topic ahead of presidential race | website=The Slovak Spectator | date=2024-01-05 | url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23264575/danko-seeks-to-make-pellegrinis-sexuality-a-topic-ahead-of-presidential-race.html | access-date=2024-04-07 | publisher=Petit Press a.s. | archive-date=18 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118204029/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23264575/danko-seeks-to-make-pellegrinis-sexuality-a-topic-ahead-of-presidential-race.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2020 interview with [[Tabloid journalism|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.<ref name="Sexuality">{{cite web | title=A chief editor quits over Pellegrini's intervention in a to-be-published interview | website=The Slovak Spectator | date=2020-02-19 | url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22330088/a-chief-editor-quits-over-pellegrinis-intervention-in-a-to-be-published-interview.html | access-date=2024-04-07 | publisher=Petit Press a.s. | archive-date=7 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407125908/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22330088/a-chief-editor-quits-over-pellegrinis-intervention-in-a-to-be-published-interview.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Hron 2020 p519">{{cite web | last=Hron | first=Jan | title=Pellegrini měl zcenzurovat rozhovor. Nelíbila se mu otázka, zda je gay | website=[[iDNES.cz]] | date=2020-02-19 | url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/zahranicni/slovensko-pellegrini-smer-sd-sexualni-orientace-rezignace-plus-7-dni-selestiakova-skandal-denik-n-sm.A200219_183226_zahranicni_jhr | language=cs | access-date=2024-04-07 | publisher=[[Mafra (company)|Mafra]] | archive-date=7 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407125908/https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/zahranicni/slovensko-pellegrini-smer-sd-sexualni-orientace-rezignace-plus-7-dni-selestiakova-skandal-denik-n-sm.A200219_183226_zahranicni_jhr | url-status=live }}</ref>


Pellegrini owns a dog ''Gery'', named after [[Geralt of Rivia]] from ''[[The Witcher]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Pellegrini ukázal Geryho a prezradil, čo doteraz vedeli len jeho najbližší: Toto je môj miláčik!| website=Nový čas| date=2023-10-24| url=https://www.cas.sk/clanok/2859339/pellegrini-ukazal-geryho-a-prezradil-co-doteraz-vedeli-len-jeho-najblizsi-toto-je-moj-milacik/| access-date=2024-04-07| language=sk| publisher=FPD Media, a.s.| archive-date=7 April 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407195402/https://www.cas.sk/clanok/2859339/pellegrini-ukazal-geryho-a-prezradil-co-doteraz-vedeli-len-jeho-najblizsi-toto-je-moj-milacik/| url-status=live}}</ref>
Pellegrini owns a dog ''Gery'', named after [[Geralt of Rivia]] from ''[[The Witcher]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Pellegrini ukázal Geryho a prezradil, čo doteraz vedeli len jeho najbližší: Toto je môj miláčik!| website=Nový čas| date=2023-10-24| url=https://www.cas.sk/clanok/2859339/pellegrini-ukazal-geryho-a-prezradil-co-doteraz-vedeli-len-jeho-najblizsi-toto-je-moj-milacik/| access-date=2024-04-07| language=sk| publisher=FPD Media, a.s.| archive-date=7 April 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407195402/https://www.cas.sk/clanok/2859339/pellegrini-ukazal-geryho-a-prezradil-co-doteraz-vedeli-len-jeho-najblizsi-toto-je-moj-milacik/| url-status=live}}</ref>

==Honours==
===National honours===
* {{flag|Slovakia}}: [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Slovakia#Order of Andrej Hlinka|Order of Andrej Hlinka]]<ref name=honours>{{cite news | title=Pellegrini už má vyznamenania. Stratil by ich len v prípade odsúdenia |url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/23344644/pellegrini-uz-ma-vyznamenania-stratil-by-ich-len-v-pripade-odsudenia.html |website=[[Sme]] |date=June 15, 2024 |publisher=Petit Press |access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>
* {{flag|Slovakia}}: [[Order of Ľudovít Štúr]]<ref name=honours />
* {{flag|Slovakia}}: [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Slovakia#Milan Rastislav Štefánik Cross|Milan Rastislav Štefánik Cross]]<ref name=honours />
* {{flag|Slovakia}}: [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Slovakia#Pribina Cross|Pribina Cross]]<ref name=honours />


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Peter Pellegrini
6th President of Slovakia
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 June 2024
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byZuzana Čaputová
Prime Minister of Slovakia
In office
22 March 2018 – 21 March 2020
PresidentAndrej Kiska
Zuzana Čaputová
Deputy
See list
Preceded byRobert Fico
Succeeded byIgor Matovič
Other positions in the executive
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia for Investments and Informatization
In office
23 March 2016 – 22 March 2018
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byĽubomír Vážny
Succeeded byRichard Raši
Minister of Health
Acting
17 December 2019 – 21 March 2020
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byAndrea Kalavská
Succeeded byMarek Krajčí
Minister of Finance
Acting
11 April 2019 – 7 May 2019
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byPeter Kažimír
Succeeded byLadislav Kamenický
Minister of Interior
Acting
17 April 2018 – 26 April 2018
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byTomáš Drucker
Succeeded byDenisa Saková
Minister of Culture
Acting
7 March 2018 – 22 March 2018
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byMarek Maďarič
Succeeded byĽubica Laššáková
Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport
In office
3 July 2014 – 25 November 2014
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byDušan Čaplovič
Succeeded byJuraj Draxler
Undersecretary of Finance
In office
11 April 2012 – 3 July 2014
MinisterPeter Kažimír
Speaker of the National Council
In office
25 October 2023 – 7 April 2024
PresidentZuzana Čaputová
Deputy
See list
Preceded byBoris Kollár
Succeeded byPeter Žiga (acting)
In office
25 November 2014 – 23 March 2016
PresidentAndrej Kiska
Deputy
See list
Preceded byPavol Paška
Succeeded byAndrej Danko
Other positions in the legislature
Deputy Speaker of the National Council
In office
24 March 2020 – 21 October 2020
SpeakerBoris 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
In office
28 November 2020 – 1 June 2024
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMatúš Šutaj Eštok
Personal details
Born (1975-10-06) 6 October 1975 (age 49)
Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Direction – Social Democracy (2000–2020)
Voice – Social Democracy (2020–2024)
ResidenceGrassalkovich Palace
Alma materMatej Bel University
Technical University of Košice (Ing.)
WebsitePresident of the Slovak Republic

Peter Pellegrini (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpeter ˈpeleɡriːni]; born 6 October 1975) is a Slovak politician who is serving as the sixth president of Slovakia since 2024. 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.[1]

Pellegrini is the first Slovak politician to have held all three highest constitutional posts (President, Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament) in the country.[2]

Early life and education

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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.[3] 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.[3][4]

Political involvement

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Early functions

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He started his political career in 2002 at the age of 26 when he ran for the first time in the parliamentary elections for the party Direction – Social Democracy from 41st place and received 1,223 votes, which was not enough for him to become a deputy National Council of the SR. In the same year, he started working as an economist.[5]

In the 2006 parliamentary election, he ran for the Smer-SD party from the 27th place of the candidate list and was elected as a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic with a gain of 2,665 votes. During the 2006–2010 election period, he was a member of the Health Parliamentary Committee, Committee of the National Council for reviewing the decisions of the National Security Bureau and a member of the Mandate and Immunity Committee of the National Council.

In the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election, he again ran for the Smer-SD party from the 34th place in the candidate list and with a gain of 2,745 votes became a member of the National Council.[6] As a member of the National Council, he served as a member of the Committee for Finance and Budget and a member of the Committee for Review of Decisions National Security Bureau. He was again reelected in the 2012 elections.[3] He ran from the 35th place and received 5,950 votes. Between 4 April 2012 and 3 July 2014 he was State Secretary for Finance in the Fico's Second Cabinet. At the extraordinary assembly of the Smer-SD party on 28 June 2014, he became its new vice-chairman.[5] On 3 July 2014, after the resignation of the Minister of Education Dušan Čaplovič, President Andrej Kiska appointed him as the Minister for Education and Science.[4]

First mandate as Speaker of the National Council

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On 25 November 2014, he was elected Speaker of the National Council, succeeding Pavol Paška.[7] In 2015, he was appointed Digital Champion of Slovakia, a European Union appointed position to promote the benefits of an inclusive digital society.[8]

Prime Minister of Slovakia

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Peter Pellegrini as Prime Minister, speaks to the European Parliament, Strasbourg, March, 2019

Made Deputy Prime Minister for Investments in 2016, under Prime Minister Robert Fico,[9] 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.[10] President Andrej Kiska approved of Pellegrini's Cabinet on 21 March 2018;[11] 81 members of the National Council voted in favour of approving the cabinet the next week.[12] 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.[13]

After about a year of assuming office, Pellegrini was on 3 May 2019 invited on reception by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and the 15th anniversary of Slovakia's entry into NATO.[14] During the meeting, they discussed issues of energy security, Nordstream 2, illegal migration and Ukraine. Trump praised Slovakia's steps to increase the defense budget by two percent within NATO.[15] Later, in December 2019, he assumed the office of Minister of Health after Andrea Kalavská resigned.[16]

Peter Pellegrini as Prime Minister, meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, Washington D.C., May 2019

His party lost the 2020 parliamentary election to the populist, anti-corruption party Ordinary People led by Igor Matovič.[17][18][19][20] On 16 March 2020, the government introduced measures against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia, introduced a state of emergency for state hospitals in Slovakia, closed all schools, limited movement of citizens, closed business establishments and introduced quarantine.[21]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 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.[22]

Second mandate as Speaker of the National Council

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Peter Pellegrini as Speaker of the National Council, with the speaker of the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of Ireland, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Dublin, February 2024

On 25 October 2023, he was re-elected Speaker of the National Council with 131 votes.[23]

Presidential candidacy

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On 19 January 2024, after popularity by supporters[24] and support by his party Voice – Social Democracy as well as coalition partners Direction – Social Democracy, he announced his candidacy for the presidency.[25]

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%.[26] 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.[27]

On 6 April 2024, in the second round, he won with 53.12% defeating Ivan Korčok with 46.88%.[28] 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.[29]

Presidency

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See also: List of international presidential trips made by Peter Pellegrini
Peter Pellegrini as President at the NATO summit in Washington D.C., July 2024

His presidential inauguration took place on 15 June 2024 during a special session of the National Council in Bratislava.[30]

Personal life

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Pellegrini has Italian ancestors.[31] His great-grandfather Leopoldo Pellegrini (1856–1942) of Salter (Trentino Region) came to Austria-Hungary to participate in the construction of the railway between Levice and Zvolen.[32]

In 2019, he described himself as a non-practising Catholic.[33]

Pellegrini is a bachelor.[34][35] 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.[36][37]

Pellegrini owns a dog Gery, named after Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher.[38]

Honours

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National honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Peter Pellegrini, a close ally of the populist prime minister, is sworn in as Slovakia's president". The Independent. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Chci silný stát, řekl Pellegrini v inauguračním projevu". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Panellist | Peter Pellegrini". Globsec. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Novým ministrom školstva sa stal Peter Pellegrini". Slovak Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Sport. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Parlamentu už šéfuje Pellegrini. „Za" hlasovala aj časť opozície". Trend. TREND Holding. SITA. 25 November 2014. ISSN 1336-2674. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  6. ^ Vladimíra Kucejová (27 January 2011). "Vážneho zákon zabral pôdu na cesty protiústavne". Pravda. Our Media SR a. s. ISSN 1336-197X. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Novým predsedom parlamentu sa stal Peter Pellegrini" (in Slovak). Teraz. January 1970. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  8. ^ "The Digital Champion of Slovakia". European Commission. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Robert Fico appointed for third time as Slovak PM". Xinhua. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Education and Science
2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of the National Council
2014–2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
2016–2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Slovakia
2018–2020 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of the National Council
2023–2024 		Succeeded by
Peter Žiga (acting)
Preceded by President of Slovakia
2024–present 		Incumbent
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