György Matolcsy
| György Matolcsy | |
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| Governor of the Hungarian National Bank | |
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Assumed office 4 March 2013 |
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| Preceded by | András Simor |
| Minister of National Economy | |
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In office 29 May 2010 – 3 March 2013 |
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| Preceded by |
István Varga (National Development and Economy) Péter Oszkó (Finance) |
| Succeeded by | Mihály Varga |
| Minister of Economy | |
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In office 1 January 2000 – 27 May 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Attila Chikán |
| Succeeded by | István Csillag |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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In office 16 May 2006 – 3 March 2013 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 July 1955 Budapest, Hungary |
| Political party | Fidesz |
| Spouse(s) | Vajda Zita |
| Children | Ádám Máté Huba |
| Profession | politician, economist |
György Matolcsy (born 18 July 1955 in Budapest) is a Hungarian politician and economist, current governor of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB). He also served as Minister of Economy (2000–2002) during the first cabinet of Viktor Orbán and Minister of National Economy (2010–2013) in the Second Orbán Cabinet.
In 1977, he graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Corvinus University of Budapest, at that time known as the Karl Marx University of Economics and Industry, and in 1981 received a PhD in economics from the same institution, the only university in Hungary before the fall of Communism where one could graduate from economics. He worked as an expert in economic institutions.
In 1990 he became for a brief period of parliamentary secretary in the Prime Minister József Antall period. In 1991-1994 he was a representative of the Hungarian Government, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, including a deputy director in the period 1991-1994, and in 1994 director of the bank. After returning to the country was among others Fidesz's economic expert, member of the National Assembly, and in 2000-2002, minister of economy. In 2003 he joined the Fidesz. On 29 May 2010 he became minister of national economy in the second Orbán cabinet.
He said in October 2011 the return to talks with IMF would be a "clear sign of weakness". He also said in the Parliament on 14 November 2011, just four days before the ministry's announcement, in a response to a Jobbik politician, "the government forming its economic policy against this three-letter institution [IMF]." On 17 November 2011 the Ministry of National Economy said "government is starting negotiations on a new type of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the course of scheduled consultations."
On 1 March 2013, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán nominated Matolcsy to the position of the Governor of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB). Orbán said "performance and the facts point towards one man, and that is György Matolcsy." The Hungarian forint had steadily dropped when became official information that Matolcsy will be appointed governor. He took the office on 4 March, replacing András Simor.
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