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György Matolcsy
Governor

Appointed on 4 March 2019 for a term of six years

Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank since 4 March 2013, Mr Matolcsy holds a university degree in economics. Read more

Dr Mihály Patai
Deputy Governor

Appointed on 22 April 2019 for a term of six years

Dr Patai completed his studies at the Budapest University of Economics. He has a postgraduate degree in external economics from the University. In the early part of his professional career, between 1976 and 1978, he was a Credit Clerk at the Magyar Nemzeti Bank, and Scientific Researcher, then Deputy Head of International Finance Department at the Ministry of Finance. Later he worked at the World Bank as an Assistant to the Executive Director.
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Dr Csaba Kandrács
Deputy Governor

Appointed on 2 October 2019 for a term of six years

Dr Csaba Kandrács has been Deputy Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) responsible for financial supervision and consumer protection since 2 October 2019. From June 2016 until his appointment as Deputy Governor, he was Executive Director of the MNB responsible for financial supervision and consumer protection. Between 2014 and 2016 he was President and CEO of the Hungarian Restructuring and Debt Management Company (MARK Zrt.). 

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Barnabás Virág
Deputy Governor

Appointed on 22 June 2020 for a term of six years

Deputy Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank responsible for monetary policy and financial stability. From 2015 until his appointment as Deputy Governor he served as Executive Director of the MNB responsible for monetary policy and economic analysis. Between 2013 and 2015 he was Director of the MNB responsible for economic analysis. From 2003 he worked as an Analyst at the MNB. Prior to that he taught at the Budapest University of Economics and State Administration (today Budapest Corvinus University) and was an Analyst at the Ministry of Finance.

In 2017 he was awarded the Popovics Prize.

He completed his studies at the Budapest University of Economics and State Administration.

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dr Peter Gottfried

Elected on 1 January 2021 for a term of six years

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Kolos Kardkovács

Elected on 12 September 2016 for a term of six years

Mr Kardkovács obtained a degree at the Faculty of Law of ELTE in 1996, and then went on to receive the degree of expert in European law in 2000 at the same University. In 2003, he completed his studies at the College for Finance and Accounting, specialising in Finance and Financial Institutions. Read more

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György Kocziszky

Reelected on 6 April 2017 for a term of six years

Dr Kocziszky is Dean of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Miskolc, Director of the Institute for Global and Regional Economics and Head of the Regional Economics Department. He graduated as a mechanical engineer at the Technical University of Heavy Industry of Miskolc in 1972. Read more.

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Dr. Bianka Parragh

Elected on 23 March 2017 for a term of six years

Dr Bianka Parragh is an economist with a complementary degree in law. She graduated as an economist at the Faculty of Economics of the University of West Hungary in 2001, and then went on to earn the degree of economist with a complementary degree in law at the Faculty of Political Science and Law of the University of Miskolc in 2004. She received her PhD in Management and Organisational Sciences at the István Széchenyi Doctoral School of Management of the University of West Hungary in 2010. Read more.

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Gyula Pleschinger

Reelected on 5 March 2019 for a term of six years

Gyula Pleschinger graduated at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Budapest University of Technology, and then earned a degree in finance at the Budapest University of Economics. He has certificates in stock and commodity trading and in Eurobond trading as well as a US Series 7 licence in securities trading. Read more