Who’s Peter Pellegrini? The president of Slovakia who desires to interrupt away from the Western cliff and get nearer to Russia

BRAZILIAN – Peter Pellegrini is sworn in as president Slovakia Saturday at a ceremony that passed off amid elevated safety after an assassination try on his shut good friend, populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, a month in the past.

Pellegrini referred to as for nationwide unity in his speech at a particular session of the Parliament happening on the Slovak Philharmonic, changing into the sixth president of Slovakia because it gained independence after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993 .

Who’s Peter Pellegrini? The president of Slovakia who desires to interrupt away from the Western cliff and get nearer to Russia

“We’re one nation, one society, one Slovakia,” he stated, as reported by AP.

The 48-year-old Pellegrini defeated the Western profession diplomat Ivan Korčok within the second spherical of presidential elections on 6 April. His victory strengthened Fico’s maintain on energy by giving him and his allies management of key strategic websites.

She changed Zuzana Čaputová, the nation’s first feminine head of state and a staunch supporter of neighboring Ukraine in its battle in opposition to Russian aggression. He’s not looking for a second time period within the largely ceremonial position.

Fico was not current on the ceremony as a result of he’s nonetheless recovering after being shot within the abdomen whereas greeting supporters on Could 15 within the city of Handlova. The attacker was arrested.

Fico’s leftist get together Smer (Management) gained the parliamentary elections on September 30 on an anti-Russian and anti-American platform.

Pellegrini, 48, who desires a powerful place within the state, leads the left-wing get together Hlas (Guth) which completed third within the ballot and entered right into a governing coalition with Fico and the ultranationalist Slovak Nationwide Get together.