Ivan Mikloš

Infobox Minister
name =Ivan Mikloš


imagesize =200px
order =Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
Slovak National Council until December 31, 1992
term_start =July 4, 2006
term_end =
deputy =
predecessor =
successor =
order2 =7^th Minister of Finance of Slovakia
term_start2 =October 15 2002
term_end2 =July 4 2006
predecessor2 =František Hajnovič
successor2 =Ján Počiatek
order3 =Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia for Economy
term_start3 =October 30, 1998
term_end3 =October 15, 2002
deputy3 = Mikuláš Dzurinda
order4 =Minister of Privatization of
Slovak Federal Republic
term_start4 =May 6, 1991
term_end4 =June 24, 1992
deputy4 = Ján Čarnogurský
birth_date =June 2, 1960
birth_place =Svidník, Czechoslovakia
death_date =
death_place =
spouse =
constituency =
party =Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party
languagesspoken =Slovak, Russian

Ivan Mikloš (born June 2 1960, Svidník) is a Slovak politician and he served as a Minister of Finance of Slovakia. He is married with two children.

In 2004, he was named the top business reformer by the World Bank's Doing Business report. Under his leadership, Slovakia jumped to 32nd place (of 178 economies) on the ease of doing business index.

Professional biography

* 1979 - 1983 - study at Faculty of National Economics of College of Economics in Bratislava, focused on long-term planning and prognostic,
* 1983 - 1987 - Assistant, College of Economics in Bratislava,
* 1987 - 1990 - Research assistant, College of Economics in Bratislava,
* 1990 - Advisor to the deputy prime minister of the Slovak Republic, responsible for economical reforms,
* 1990 - 1991 - Director, Department of Economic and Social Policy, Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic,
* 1992 - 1998 - Executive director and president of M.E.S.A.10 organization,
* 1993 - study at London School of Economics, London, Great Britain
* 1994 - 1998 - Lecturer, University of Trnava,
* 1997 - 1998 - Member of supervisory board of National Property Fund of the Slovak Republic,
* 1998 - designated first vice president, EastWest Institute, New York City.

Political career

* 1991 - 1992 - Minister of Privatization,
* 1998 - 2002 - Deputy prime minister for economic affairs of Slovakia,
* 2002 - 2006 - Deputy prime minister and Minister of Finance of Slovakia.

Political party membership

* 1992 - 1993 - Civic Democratic Union, deputy chairman,
* 1993 - 2000 - Democratic Party, chairman in 1994,
* 2001 - present - Slovak Democratic and Christian Union, deputy chairman

External links

* [http://www-8.vlada.gov.sk/index.php?ID=1244 Ivan Mikloš' page at government's website]

Sources

* http://www.doingbusiness.org
* http://www.oecd.org/speaker/0,3438,en_21571361_22024020_27546494_1_1_1_1,00.html
* http://www.sdkuonline.sk/english/repre.shtml
* http://www.government.gov.sk/english/minister_mf.html (government website about current minister of finance, archived version here [http://web.archive.org/web/20070227172708/http://www.government.gov.sk/english/minister_mf.html] )