Zdeněk Tůma

Zdeněk Tůma
Governor of the Czech National Bank
In office 1 December 2000 – 30 June 2010
President	Václav Havel Václav Klaus
Preceded by	Josef Tošovský
Succeeded by	Miroslav Singer
Personal details
Born	(1960-10-19) 19 October 1960 České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Alma mater	University of Economics, Prague London School of Economics
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Zdeněk Tůma (born 19 October 1960) is a Czech economist and a former Governor of the Czech National Bank since 1 December 2000. He was confirmed by President Václav Klaus for another six-year term on 11 February 2005. Tůma resigns as of 30 June 2010.^[1] Previously he was Vice Governor of the Bank from 13 February 1999 to 30 November 2000. According to iHNed.cz Governor Tůma's salary was $220,000.^[2]

Tůma is a graduate of the Faculty of Trade at the University of Economics, Prague. Then he joined Institute for Forecasting of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences as a researcher. From 1993 to 1995 he was an advisor to the Minister of Industry and Trade. Before joining the Czech National Bank he held a position in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Tůma chairs the CERGE-EI Nadace (Foundation), which supports economic education in transition and developing countries.

He was a TOP 09 party nominee for the Mayor office of the Czech capital Prague in Czech local elections (October 2010).^[3] Though TOP 09 won the most number of votes, they were unable to form a coalition with any other parties. The second- and third-place parties (ODS and ČSSD) instead made a coalition and Bohuslav Svoboda was elected Mayor by the City Council on 6 December 2010.^[4]

References

External links

• Official biography (PDF)

v t e Governors of the Czech National Bank Josef Tošovský Pavel Kysilka (acting) Josef Tošovský Zdeněk Tůma Miroslav Singer