Peter Baco

Peter Baco (born on 9 April 1945 in 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.

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

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

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)

External links

• European Parliament biography of Peter Baco
• Declaration of financial interests (in Slovak; PDF file)