Peter Žiga
Peter Žiga (born 27 July 1972) is a Slovak politician who was the Minister of Economy in the Robert Fico's Third Cabinet from March 2016 to March 2020.[1] Peter Žiga is member of the Direction – Social Democracy (slovak: SMER-SD) party.
Previous political career:
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 known and at the same time investigated as a corrupt and robber of the state owned forests, at the expense of which his private company benefited. [2] [3]
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. [4]
References
- ^ "Peter Ziga". Government of Slovakia. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ "Staronovému ministrovi Žigovi sype jeho biznis s drevom stále viac". Trend.sk. Retrieved 4 Jun 2020.
- ^ "Do vyšetrovania Žigovej firmy sa zapojil Kováčik". Sme.sk. Retrieved 4 Jun 2020.
- ^ "Polícia obvinila z korupcie bývalého manažéra štátnych lesov". Sme.sk. Retrieved 4 Jun 2020.
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