Brigita Schmögnerová (born 17 November 1947) is a Slovak economist and politician. She was the

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of Slovakia from 1998 to 2002 under Prime Minister

Mikuláš Dzurinda Mikuláš Dzurinda (; born 4 February 1955) is a Slovak politician who was the prime minister of Slovakia from 30 October 1998 to 4 July 2006. Dzurinda is the founder and leader of the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) and then the Slovak Democr ...

. She was appointed Executive Secretary of the

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in 2002. Schmögnerová led the country's accession to the euro, which earned her the nickname of the "Iron lady of Slovakia".

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