Michal Horváth (born 1979) is a Slovak economist and civil servant. From May to October 2023, he served as the Minister of Finance of Slovakia. Previously he served as the chief economist of the

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, Member of the Council for Budget Responsibility and Advisor to Finance and Labour Ministers. In addition, he was a lecturer at the

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and a researcher at the

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Biography

Horváth was born in

Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda (; ; ) is a town located in southern Slovakia ( Trnavský kraj). Dunajská Streda is the most culturally significant town in the Žitný ostrov area. The town has a population of 22,730, with ethnic Hungarians forming the 72% maj ...

. He belongs to the Hungarian ethnic minority of Slovakia. Horváth studied Financial Management at the

Comenius University Comenius University Bratislava () is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century ...

and Economics at the

. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics 2007 at

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Academic career

After obtaining his Ph.D., Horváth was a post-doctoral fellow at the Nuffield College and later a Lecturer at the University of York. Following his departure from the university, he was named an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Economics and Related Studies at the University of York.

Civil Service

Horváth was an advisor to the State Secretary at the Ministry of Labor (2003-2004) and the Minister of Finance (2007-2011). In 2012, he was among the founding members of the Council for Budget Responsibility, an independent watchdog public institution established in response to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe. In 2020, he became the Chief Economist at the National Bank of Slovakia. On 15 April 2023, the president

Zuzana Čaputová Zuzana Čaputová (; Strapáková; born 21 June 1973) is a Slovak politician, lawyer and environmental activist who served as the fifth president of Slovakia from 2019 to 2024. Čaputová is the first woman to hold the presidency, as well as the ...

assigned the Finance Ministry in the technocratic government of the prime minister Ľudovít Ódor to Horváth.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horvath, Michal 1979 births Living people Slovak economists Comenius University alumni Alumni of the University of York Academics of the University of York Alumni of the University of St Andrews Academics of the University of Oxford Finance ministers of Slovakia Hungarians in Slovakia People from Dunajská Streda