Vladimír Masár

Vladimír Masár
Governor of National Bank of Slovakia
In office
29 July 1993 – 29 July 1999
Preceded byOffice created
Deputy Governor Marián Tkáč acted as the interim Governor between 1 January and 29 July 1993
Succeeded byMarián Jusko
Personal details
Born (1958-05-02) 2 May 1958
Partizánske, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Alma materUniversity of Economics, Bratislava
ProfessionBanker, Manager

Vladimír Masár (born 2 May 1958 in Partizánske, Czechoslovakia) served as the first Governor of National Bank of Slovakia between 1993 and 1999. As the first Central Bank governor of a newly independent Slovakia, he was in charge of introducing a stabilizing a new currency - the Slovak crown and building up a professional apparatus and international contacts at the National Bank of Slovakia from the scratch. As a governor, he continued the conservative tradition of Czechoslovak monetary policy and prevented monetary turmoil despite irresponsible fiscal policies of Mečiar's government.

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