Ivan Mikloš
 Ivan Mikloš     (politician) | |
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| Born | June 2, 1960 Svidník, Czechoslovakia |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Alma mater | University of Economics in Bratislava, London School of Economics |
| Member of | Marshall Memorial Fellowship, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/2000 |
| Party | Public against Violence, Democratic Party, Slovak Democratic and Christian Union |
WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/2000. Attended the 2005 Bilderberg as Slovakia/Minister of Finance.
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Ivan Mikloš is a Slovak politician (SDKÚ). He was Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia from 2002 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. Mikloš is an economically liberal politician who advocates higher economic growth and is opposed to redistribution. His role model is Friedrich August von Hayek, whose works he had read during the communist era.
He was selected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 2000.
Mikloš attracted international attention in 2004 when the country introduced the flat tax. When the single tax was introduced, he was sometimes referred to as "Mister 19 Percent" by the Western media. He is the author of part of Slovak tax and social reforms and recipient of the 2005 Hayek Medal.
He attended the 2005 Bilderberg conference.
Early Life
From 1979 to 1983 he studied at the School of Economics (now the University of Economics) in Bratislava and specialized in long-term economic planning and economic forecasting. From 1983 to 1990 he was first an assistant, then a lecturer at the University of Economics in Bratislava.
Political career
After briefly serving as an adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister in 1990 and 1991 and then as Director of the Economic and Social Policy Department of the Slovak Government, at the age of 31 he became Minister of Administration and Privatization and worked in the government of Christian Democrat Ján Čarnogurský from April 1991 to June1992 the first wave of privatization.
From 1992 to 1998, when the Christian Democrats were in opposition, he founded and headed the influential economic analysis think tank MESA 10. In 1993 he attended the London School of Economics. He was also a lecturer at the University of Trnava. He has published a number of economic and financial writings.
In the first reform government of Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda (1998–2002), some key positions were filled by MESA people. From 1998 to 2006 Mikloš was Deputy Prime Minister, from 1998 to 2002 Minister of Economy ( Government Dzurinda I), for a short time also Minister of Transport, Post and Telecommunications and from 2002 to 2006 (Government Dzurinda II) Minister of Finance. From 2010 until 2012 he was Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister in the Radičová government.
Politically he belonged to the short-lived Democratic Citizens' Union (ODÚ) in 1992/1993, to the Democratic Party from 1993 to 2000 and joined Prime Minister Dzurinda's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) in 2001. Mikloš is married and has two children. In addition to his mother tongue, he speaks English, Russian and Czech well.
He was a Director of the East-West Institute.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2005 | 5 May 2005 | 8 May 2005 | Germany Rottach-Egern | The 53rd Bilderberg, 132 guests |
| Brussels Forum/2008 | Belgium Brussels | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund. |
References
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