Ivan Mikloš
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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 | GLOBSEC, Marshall Memorial Fellowship, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/2000 |
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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 June 1992 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, the earliest in the year since the 1967 Bilderberg |
| Brussels Forum/2008 | 2008 | 2008 | Belgium Brussels | The 2008 get-together of a lot of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund. Over 1/3 of them with pages here. |
| GLOBSEC/Forum/2015 | 19 June 2015 | 21 June 2015 | Slovakia Bratislava | Yearly spooky conference in Slovakia. Only half of the participants are known. |
| GLOBSEC/Forum/2016 | 15 April 2016 | 17 April 2016 | Slovakia Bratislava | Yearly spooky conference in Slovakia. Only the speakers are known. |
| GLOBSEC/Forum/2022 | 2 June 2022 | 4 June 2022 | Slovakia Bratislava | "Building Resilience in a Divided World" |
| GLOBSEC/Forum/2023 | 29 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 | Slovakia Bratislava | Yearly spooky conference in Slovakia. Only panel speakers are known. |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2015 | 10 September 2015 | 12 September 2015 | Ukraine Kiev | Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk. |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2017 | 14 September 2017 | 16 September 2017 | Ukraine Kiev | Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk. |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2018 | 13 September 2018 | 15 September 2018 | Ukraine Kiev | Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk. |
| Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2019 | 12 September 2019 | 14 September 2019 | Ukraine Kiev | Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk. |
References
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