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.