Pavol Lančarič (born 31 May 1963) is a Slovak Manager, who was the CEO of Orange Slovensko for 20 years. From May to October 2023, he served as the Minister of Transportation of Slovakia. Lančarič was born on 31 May 1963 in

Bojnice Bojnice (; ) is a historical town in east Slovakia located on the Nitra (river), Nitra river, near the city of Prievidza. The town is situated just below the Bojnice Castle. It has a population of around 5,000. Bojnice is best known for its popul ...

. He studied commerce at the

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, graduating in 1985. He obtained a PhD from the same university in 1991. Following his graduation he worked for the

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and

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. He spent most of his career at the Slovak branch of the global mobile network Orange, which he led as its CEO from 1999 to 2019. He was named the Manager of the Year by the economic monthly Trend in 2010. In May 2019 he was replaced as the CEO of Orange by the Spanish Manager Federico Colom. On 15 May 2023, president

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installed Lančarič as Minister of Transportation in her

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lancaric, Pavol 1963 births Living people University of Economics in Bratislava alumni Slovak businesspeople People from Bojnice Transport ministers of Slovakia