Dr. Matolcsy György
Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank since 4 March 2013, Mr Matolcsy holds a university degree in economics.
Date of birth: 18 July 1955
Place of birth: Budapest
Nationality: Hungarian
Marital status: married, father of three children
Carreer
2013- Governor, The Central Bank of Hungary
2010–2013 Ministry for National Economy, minister for national economy
2007–2010 Hungarian Economic Development Institute – founder, head
2000–2002 Ministry of Economic Affairs, minister of economic affairs
Author and head of the Széchenyi Plan
1995–2000 /2002–2010 Director of Privatisation Research Institute,
then of its successor organisation, the Institute for Growth
1991–1994 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) – London
member of the Board of Governors of the London based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for three years, as representative of the government of Hungary,
Director of the bank in 1994
1991 Privatisation Research Institute – managing director
1990 Prime Minister’s Office – political state secretary, personal economic advisor to prime minister József Antall, head of the Economic Policy Secretariat and secretary of the Economic Cabinet
1987 Financial Research Plc. (Pénzügykutató Rt.) – theoretical researcher, advisor in the field of capital markets
1985 Financial Research Institute – scientific researcher
1978–1985 Ministry of Finance, Department of Industry
Education
1984 University Doctorate
- Dissertation topic: Conversion of Hungarian state-owned companies into holdings, possibilities offered by the new corporate organisation concept
1972–1977:Karl Marx University of Economics
- Degree in Economics awarded by the Faculty of Industry
- Thesis topic: enterprises
1969–1973Szilágyi Erzsébet Secondary School of Budapest – specialising in biology, Latin, chemistry
Type C intermediate level English language examination
Publications
Books:
- Lábadozásunk évei [Years of Recovery] (1991)
- Sokk (vagy kevés?) [Shock Therapy, or Too Little?] (1998)
- Élő emlékeink [Our Living Memories] (2003)
- Amerikai birodalom [American Empire] (2004)
- Éllovasból sereghajtó [From Vanguard to Bringing Up the Rear] (2008)
- Egyensúly és növekedés (2015)
- Amerikai Birodalom vs. Európai Álom - Az euró kudarca (2020)
- On the Edge of Times (2022)
- Olvasó-Napló I-II. (2023)
- Magyar jövőkép és stratégia 2010-2030 (2023)
Author of several hundred articles, studies, interviews, publications
Regular contributor to the Heti Válasz journal from the second half of the 2000s
Co-author of the Szent István economic policy plan (2007)
Co-author of the study entitled ‘Fordulat és Reform’ [Transition and Reform] (1987)
Public line and career
End of 1989: contributes to the drawing up of the future government programme upon request of the president of the Hungarian Democratic Forum
1998: Economic advisor of Fidesz, author of the party’s economic programme
From the end of 1998: member of the economic advisory body of prime minister Viktor Orbán
Since 2003: member of FIDESZ Hungarian Civic Union
2003–2007: chairman of the board of trustees of the Foundation for a Civic Hungary Union.
2006-2010: member of the national assembly delegated from Bács-Kiskun County
2006–2010: member of the Economic and Informatics Committee of the National Assembly
Honours
- Barankovics Commemorative Coin award (2013)
- Honorary doctor - University of Debrecen (2019)
- Honorary citizen of the city of Kecskemét (2023)
- Honorary professor - John von Neumann (2024)