Jozef Mihál (born 18 March 1965) is a Slovak politician and tax consultant. He was Deputy Prime Minister; Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, and Family; and deputy leader of

Freedom and Solidarity Freedom and Solidarity (, SaS), also called Saska, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Slovakia. Established in 2009,. SaS was founded by economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system. It generally hol ...

(SaS). Mihál attended

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, graduating in mathematics and physics in 1988. He worked for Aurus. From 2005 to 2006, he served as an advisor to the government on reform of

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. From 2007, he has owned his own company, Relia, which provides consultancy and training on tax. He ran for the National Council with

in the 2010 election. SaS came third, with 22 seats, while Mihál personally received the third-most votes amongst SaS candidates: easily winning election. The party formed a four-party

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, and Mihál was appointed to

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as Freedom and Solidarity's Deputy Prime Minister and as Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family. As minister, Mihál has worked with

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and Ivan Uhliarik to eliminate tax loopholes. He has championed reforming the

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system with the 'levy bonus', along the lines of the 'universal benefit' being adopted by the

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-led government in the

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Jozef Mihál's official website
1965 births Living people Politicians from Nitra Hope (political party) politicians Freedom and Solidarity politicians Democrats (Slovakia) politicians Deputy prime ministers of Slovakia Labour ministers of Slovakia Government ministers of Slovakia Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016–2020 Charles University alumni Comenius University alumni {{Slovakia-politician-stub