Ivan Šramko (born 3 September 1957) served as the governor of

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since January 2005 to January 2010. Šramko is notable for overseeing

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's adoption of the Euro currency in 2009. As a governor, he was considered an inflation hawk.

Career

Ivan Šramko was born on 3 September 1957 in

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. He studied at the

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, graduating in 1980 in Management. In the 1990s, Šramko served on managing boards of various Slovak banks. Šramko joined the Board of the

in 2002 as Deputy Governor and was appointed governor effective 1 January 2005. After the end of his term as the governor he was appointed the ambassador of

to the

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. Between 2012 and 2020 he served as the Chairman of the Council for Budget Responsibility.

References

1957 births Governors of the National Bank of Slovakia Living people People from Bratislava University of Economics in Bratislava alumni {{DEFAULTSORT:Šramko, Ivan