Josef Tošovský

Josef Tošovský (born 28 September 1950) is a Czech economist and former governor of Czech National Bank (from 1993 to 2000). From 17 December 1997 to 17 July 1998 he was the prime minister of the Czech Republic in a caretaker government.

Career Tošovský studied international trade at the University of Economics, Prague from 1968 to 1973. After graduating, he was employed by the State Bank of Czechoslovakia, where he held a number of posts, including adviser to the chairman. The Czech Republic immediately declared that it would not support Russia's nomination and would continue to stand behind the EU's one.

State Security allegations In January 2007, the daily newspaper Mladá fronta DNES accused Tošovský of having cooperated with the Czechoslovak State Security. The Czech Office for Foreign Relations and Information (ÚZSI, civilian intelligence) denied any conscious cooperation of Tošovský with the State Security. Mladá fronta DNES later stated that Tošovský mainly performed economic analysis for the State Security agency and never gave any information leading to arrests or prosecutions by the State Security.

Other activities Tošovský is an associate professor of the University of Economics, Prague and holds an honorary doctorate from Mendel University in Brno. He is a member of the board of the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels; a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; a member of the board of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps, New York and a member of the International Council of the Bretton Woods Committee, Washington.

Awards received by Tošovský include: Central Banker of the Year (1993), European Manager of the Year 2014 (European Business Press Federation), the Karel Engliš Prize for Economics at Masaryk University in Brno (1995), European Banker of the Year (Group 20+1, 1996), and the EastWest Institute Award for Leadership in Transition (2001).

Tošovský is married and has two daughters.