Minister of Finance

•  He graduated from the University of Chemical Technology in Prague

• After studying in Prague, he worked in a manufacturing company as head of the investment department.

Since 1990, he worked in government.

• 1990 - 1992 in the Office of the Government as a senior advisor to Deputy Prime Minister is focusing on issues of economic transformation.
• Since July 1992 he worked in the Office of the Government of Czechoslovakia as a director of Advisors to the Deputy Minister of Czechoslovakia.
• During the transformation of ownership relations in the Czech Republic represented the Government in several management positions in the economic sphere.
• • 1991 - 1992 by the Minister of Agriculture as a member of the Supervisory Board of the South Bohemian breweries.
  • 1992 - 1994 by the Government Resolution as a board member and executive of West Bohemian breweries.
  • 1994 - 1996 by order of the Chamber of Deputies elected officer of the Land Fund of the Republic.
• From January 1993 to January 1998, the Ministry of Defence as Deputy Minister, responsible for budget and acquisition processes.
• From January 2007 to May 2009 the Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic.
• From January to May 2009 presided over the Council of Ministers of Economy and Finance of the EU (Ecofin).
• Since 13th July 2010 he was appointed as the Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic.

• 1998 - 2002 in early parliamentary elections he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic for the KDU-CSL.
• 2002 - 2005 after his re-election he became chairman of the Budget Committee of Chamber of Deputies.
• 2003 - 2006 he was Chairman of the KDU-CSL.
• In June 2009, he founded a political party TOP 09 and since November 2009 is the first vice-chairman.

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• Mainly deals with issues of national economic policy, and economy of national defense.