Peter Baco (born 9 April 1945; Opatová,

Lučenec Lučenec (; german: Lizenz; hu, Losonc; yi, לאשאנץ; la, Lutetia HungarorumLelkes György (1992), Magyar helységnév-azonosító szótár, Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 508 p.) is a town in the Banská Bystrica Region of south-central Slovaki ...

) is a Slovak politician and former

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

with the

People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia Former headquarters of the ĽS-HZDS political party at Tomášikova Street 32/A in Bratislava The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( sk, Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko, HZDS) was a national-populist political party in Slovakia. The party ...

, and was therefore a Non-Inscrit in the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

. He sits on its

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) is a committee of the European Parliament. Responsibilities of the Committee AGRI is the European Parliament committee responsible for: #The operation and development of the Common Agricul ...

, and is a substitute for the

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and a member of the Delegation to the EU-

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Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Decorations

* Holder of the

Order of Ľudovít Štúr The Order of Ľudovít Štúr ( sk, Rad Ľudovíta Štúra) is the third highest Slovak state decoration (after the Order of the White Double Cross and the Orders, decorations, and medals of Slovakia#Andrej Hlinka Order, Order of Andrej Hlinka) ...

* FAO Silver Medal * Departmental award of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic

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* * 1945 births Living people People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia MEPs MEPs for Slovakia 2004–2009 MEPs for Slovakia 2009–2014 Government ministers of Slovakia Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1998-2002 {{Slovakia-MEP-stub