Peter Pellegrini

Peter Pellegrini
Official portrait, 2024
6th President of Slovakia
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 June 2024
Prime Minister	Robert Fico
Preceded by	Zuzana Čaputová
Prime Minister of Slovakia
In office 22 March 2018 – 21 March 2020
President	Andrej Kiska Zuzana Čaputová
Deputy	See list Gabriela Matečná Richard Raši László Sólymos Peter Kažimír
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 Ľuboš Blaha Andrej Danko Michal Šimečka Peter Žiga
Preceded by	Boris Kollár
Succeeded by	Peter Žiga (acting)
In office 25 November 2014 – 23 March 2016
President	Andrej Kiska
Deputy	See list Ján Figeľ Erika Jurinová Jana Laššáková Renáta Zmajkovičová
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
In office 28 November 2020 – 1 June 2024
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Matúš Šutaj Eštok
Personal details
Born	(1975-10-06) 6 October 1975 (age 49) Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Direction – Social Democracy (2000–2020) Voice – Social Democracy (2020–2024)
Residence	Grassalkovich Palace
Alma mater	Matej Bel University Technical University of Košice (Ing.)
Website	President 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]