Jozef Mihál Explained

Jozef Mihál
Office:Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
Primeminister:Iveta Radičová
Term Start:9 July 2010
Term End:4 April 2012
Office1:Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, and Family
Primeminister1:Iveta Radičová
Predecessor1:Viera Tomanová
Successor1:Ján Richter
Term Start1:9 July 2010
Term End1:4 April 2012
Office3:State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic
Termstart3:21 March 2020
President3:Zuzana Čaputová
Premier3:Igor Matovič
Office2:Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
Termend2:2020
Termstart2:2016
Birth Date:18 March 1965
Birth Place:Nitra, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Nationality:Slovak
Party:Independent
Otherparty:Nádej (2006–2009)
SaS (2009–2017)
Spolu (2017–2020)
SaS (2020–2022)
Children:Three
Alma Mater:Charles University
Comenius University
Profession:Tax consultant

Jozef Mihál (born 18 March 1965)[1] is a Slovak politician and tax consultant. He was Deputy Prime Minister; Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, and Family; and deputy leader of Freedom and Solidarity (SaS).

Mihál attended Charles University in Prague, graduating in mathematics and physics in 1988. He worked for Aurus. From 2005 to 2006, he served as an advisor to the government on reform of health insurance. From 2007, he has owned his own company, Relia, which provides consultancy and training on tax.

He ran for the National Council with Freedom and Solidarity in the 2010 election. SaS came third, with 22 seats, while Mihál personally received the third-most votes amongst SaS candidates:[2] easily winning election. The party formed a four-party centre-right coalition, and Mihál was appointed to the government as Freedom and Solidarity's Deputy Prime Minister and as Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family.[3]

As minister, Mihál has worked with Ivan Mikloš and Ivan Uhliarik to eliminate tax loopholes.[4] He has championed reforming the social security system with the 'levy bonus', along the lines of the 'universal benefit' being adopted by the Conservative-led government in the United Kingdom.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Jozef Mihál . . 14 July 2010 .
  2. Web site: Results of preferential voting – Sloboda a Solidarita. Central Election Commission. 5 January 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007012549/http://www.volbysr.sk/nrsr2010/sr/tab5_5_en.html. 7 October 2011.
  3. News: New Slovak cabinet takes shape . Michaela . Stanková . . 1 July 2010 .
  4. News: Slovak ministers propose abolishing tax exemptions to save €440 million in 2011 . Zuzana . Vilikovská . . 17 August 2010 .
  5. News: Labour minister defends "levy bonus" . Zuzana . Vilikovská . . 7 December 2010 .