Ing. Ivan MIKLOS

Date of birth: June 2, 1960
Place of birth: Svidník
Nationality: Slovak
Marital status: married
Children: two

Profession:
economist

Primary Position:
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic


Professional Career:

October 16, 2002 - Present Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic
June - October 2002 Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Transport, Post and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic
October 1998 - June 2002 Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs of the Slovak Republic
October 1997 - Septeber 1998 National Property Fund of the Slovak Republic, Member of Supervisory Board
1994 - 1998 Lecturer, Trnava University - Slovakia
1992 - 1998 Executive Director and President of the Economic think-tank M.E.S.A. 10
1991 - 1992 Minister for Administration and Privatization of National Property of the Slovak Republic
1990 - 1991 Director, Department of Economic and Social Policy, Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic
1990 Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic
1987 - 1990 Senior Assistant Professor, University of Economics, Bratislava
1983 - 1987 Assistant Professor, University of Economics, Bratislava

Party memberships:

2001 - Slovak Democratic and Christian Union
1993 - 2000 Democratic Party
1992 - 1993 Civic Democratic Union

Education:

1979 - 1983 University of Economics, Bratislava
National Economy Faculty specialised in long-range
planning and forecasting
1993 London School of Economics

Business/Professional memberships:
1999 - Global Leaders for Tomorrow of the World Economic Forum

Honours and Awards:
2000 Honorary degree in Law, Alma College, Michigan, USA

Trusteeships:
1995 - International Advisory Board of the New Atlantic Initiative

Publications:

1987 "Model of Democratic Prognosis of Czechoslovakia and Slovakia to the year 2005"
1992 "Short-run Prognosis of the Development of the Czechoslovak Currency", MESA 10
1993 "Problems of Forming the Capital Market under the Consequences of Voucher Privatization", MESA 10
1993 "Development of the Slovak Privatization and Prediction for the Future", MESA 10
1994 "Economic Possibilities and Limitations of the Southwestern Region of the Slovak Republic", MESA 10
1995 "Corruption Risks in the Privatization Process", Windsor Club
1995 "Economic Conditions of Municipalities in Slovakia" MESA10
1996 "Analysis of the Macroeconomic Development in 1993 - 1995 in Slovakia", MESA 10
1996 "A New System of Funding Municipalities. Proposal for a Radical Change", MESA 10

Dozens professional and semi popular economic oriented articles published in Slovak economic journals and newspapers.

Languages:
English, Russian, Czech, native Slovak

Political interests:
Public affairs, economic policy

Other interests:
Sports (tennis, windsurfing, skiing, cycling)