Peter Baco

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Contents 1 Career 2 Education 3 Decorations 4 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 Federal 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] External links

• European Parliament biography of Peter Baco (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• Declaration of financial interests (in Slovak; PDF)