Peter Žiga

Peter Žiga (born 27 July 1972) is a Slovak politician, from march 2020 Member of Parliament, National Council of the Slovak Republic. Member of social democratic parties, focuses primarily on economic topics. Former minister of the Environment and Economy.

Previous political career:

2016 – 2020: Minister of Economy of the Slovak Republic

2012 – 2016: Minister of the Environment of the Slovak Republic

2010 – 2012: Member of Parliament, National Council of the Slovak Republic

2006 – 2010: State Secretary, Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic

From the very beginning of his political beginnings as Minister of the Environment, he has been investigated as a corrupt and robber of the state owned forests, at the expense of which his private company benefited. [1] [2]

During his tenure at the Ministry of the Environment, many multimillion cases of plunder of public finances and Eurofunds started to be investigated by the new government. Corruption under Žig's leadership has grown to unbearable proportions, from the signing of unfavorable contracts for the export of timber to the signing of millions of eurodonations for companies from around the political party Smer. [3]

In June 2020 Peter Žiga leaved with his 10 colleagues and Members of Parliament, Direction – Social Democracy (slovak: SMER-SD) party and with former Prime minister Peter Pellegrini established new political party Voice - Social Democracy (Hlas-SD).


References
  1. "Staronovému ministrovi Žigovi sype jeho biznis s drevom stále viac". Trend.sk. Retrieved 4 Jun 2020.
  2. "Do vyšetrovania Žigovej firmy sa zapojil Kováčik". Sme.sk. Retrieved 4 Jun 2020.
  3. "Polícia obvinila z korupcie bývalého manažéra štátnych lesov". Sme.sk. Retrieved 4 Jun 2020.



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