Ivan Mikloš

Ivan Mikloš (born 2 June 1960) is a Slovak politician who served as Minister of Finance of Slovakia from 2002 to 2006, and Deputy Prime Minister for Economy between 1998 and 2002.

Biography Mikloš became the only opposition member of the Supervisory Board of the National Pension Fund in 1997–1998, Deputy Prime Minister for Economy from 1998 until 2002, and Minister of Finance from 2002 until 2006. In April 2010, he was expert guarantor of the online project University for Modern Slovakia, which aimed to convey basic economic knowledge to the general public in an accessible form.

In 2015, Mikloš worked as consultant of Ukrainian finance and economy ministers The following year, in 2016, he served as Chief of Advisors to Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman.

Mikloš is the recipient of numerous domestic and international awards and was once considered one of the best Slovak economists. He is an ethnic Ruthenian.

Honours 2004: Finance Minister of the Year by Euromoney. 2005: TAE Award from the European Taxpayers Association for Slovak tax reforms.