Michal Horváth (economist)

Michal Horváth
Minister of Finance
In office
15 May 2023 – 25 October 2023
Prime MinisterĽudovít Ódor
Preceded byEduard Heger (acting)
Succeeded byLadislav Kamenický
Personal details
Born1979 (age 45–46)
Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews
University of York
Comenius University
OccupationEconomist

Michal Horváth (born 1979)[1] is a Slovak economist and civil servant. From May to October 2023, he served as the Minister of Finance of Slovakia. Previously he served as the chief economist of the National Bank of Slovakia, Member of the Council for Budget Responsibility and Advisor to Finance and Labour Ministers. In addition, he was a lecturer at the University of York and a researcher at the Nuffield College, Oxford.[2]

Biography

Horváth was born in Dunajská Streda.[3] He belongs to the Hungarian ethnic minority of Slovakia. Horváth studied Financial Management at the Comenius University and Economics at the University of York. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics 2007 at University of St Andrews.[2]

Academic career

After obtaining his Ph.D., Horváth was a post-doctoral fellow at the Nuffield College and later a Lecturer at the University of York. Following his departure from the university, he was named an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Economics and Related Studies at the University of York.[4]

Civil Service

Horváth was an advisor to the State Secretary at the Ministry of Labor (2003-2004) and the Minister of Finance (2007-2011). In 2012, he was among the founding members of the Council for Budget Responsibility, an independent watchdog public institution established in response to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe. In 2020, he became the Chief Economist at the National Bank of Slovakia. On 15 April 2023, the president Zuzana Čaputová assigned the Finance Ministry in the technocratic government of the prime minister Ľudovít Ódor to Horváth.[5]

References

  1. ^ Benedikovičová, Mária (12 May 2023). "Prezidentka zverejnila úradnícku vládu. Najväčšie prekvapenie je minister hospodárstva Dovhun". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Michal Horváth". Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Osoby, ktoré získali titul na UK". absolventi.uniba.sk. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Michal Horvath". sites.google.com. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Slovenské verejné financie majú nového kormidelníka: Kto je novým ministrom financií?". oPeniazoch.sk (in Slovak). 15 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.