Ivan Mikloš (born 2 June 1960) is a Slovak politician and the former

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

of Slovakia (2010–2012). He previously served as Slovakia's

from 2002 to 2006, and Deputy Prime Minister for Economy between 1998 and 2002. In 2004, he was named the top business reformer by the

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. Under his leadership, Slovakia jumped to 32nd place (of 178 economies) on the

ease of doing business index The ease of doing business index was an index created jointly by Simeon Djankov, Michael Klein, and Caralee McLiesh, three leading economists at the World Bank Group. The academic research for the report was done jointly with professors Edward ...

. He is also known for attending the annual meeting of the

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in 2005.

Personal life

Mikloš was born in

Svidník Svidník ( hu, Felsővízköz, german: Oberswidnik, rue, Свідник, uk, Свидник) is a town in eastern Slovakia, the capital of the Svidník District in the Prešov Region. It has a population of around 11,000. There is a monumental ...

. He is married and has two children.

Professional biography

* 1979–1983—study at Faculty of National Economics of College of Economics in Bratislava, focused on long-term planning and prognostic * 1983–1987—Assistant, College of Economics in Bratislava * 1987–1990—Research assistant, College of Economics in Bratislava * 1990—Advisor to the deputy prime minister of the Slovak Republic, responsible for economical reforms * 1990–1991—Director, Department of Economic and Social Policy, Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic * 1992–1998—Executive director and president of M.E.S.A.10 organization * 1993—study at

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...

, London, United Kingdom * 1994–1998—Lecturer,

University of Trnava The University of Trnava (in Trnava) ( sk, Trnavská univerzita v Trnave) is one of the oldest universities in Slovakia. It is based in Trnava, in the west of Slovakia. Historical university The original Jesuit university was founded in 1635 by ...

* 1997–1998—Member of supervisory board of National Property Fund of the Slovak Republic * 1998—designated first vice president,

EastWest Institute The EastWest Institute (EWI), originally known as the Institute for East-West Security Studies and officially the Institute for EastWest Studies, Inc., was an international not-for-profit, non-partisan think tank focusing on international confli ...

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Political career

* 1991–1992— Minister of Privatization of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic * 1998–2002—Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs of Slovakia * 2002–2006—Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Slovakia * 2006–2010—Member of the National Council of Slovakia * 2010–2012— Minister of Finance of Slovakia * 2015—Consultant of Ukrainian finance and economy ministers

Political party membership

* 1992–1993—

Public Against Violence Public Against Violence ( sk, Verejnosť proti násiliu, VPN) was a political movement established in Bratislava, Slovakia in November 1989. It was the Slovak counterpart of the Czech Civic Forum. Velvet Revolution Public Against Violence (VPN) ...

, deputy chairman * 1993–2000—

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

, chairman in 1994 * 2001–present—

Slovak Democratic and Christian Union Slovak may refer to: * Something from, related to, or belonging to Slovakia (''Slovenská republika'') * Slovaks, a Western Slavic ethnic group * Slovak language, an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages * Slovak, Arka ...

, deputy chairman

References

External links

Ivan Mikloš' page at government's website

Sources

* http://www.doingbusiness.org * http://www.oecd.org/speaker/0,3438,en_21571361_22024020_27546494_1_1_1_1,00.html * http://www.sdkuonline.sk/english/repre.shtml * http://www.government.gov.sk/english/minister_mf.html (government website about current minister of finance, archived version her

, - 1960 births Living people People from Svidník Rusyn people Public Against Violence politicians Democratic Party (Slovakia, 1989) politicians Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party politicians Finance ministers of Slovakia University of Economics in Bratislava alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2006-2010 {{Slovakia-politician-stub