Alena Schillerová

Alena Schillerová (born 18 March 1964 in Brno) is the Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic. Taking up the office on 13 December 2017, she was a member of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš' first and second cabinets. Although she is an independent, she was nominated for the post by ANO 2011.[1]

Education and career

In 1988 Schillerová was awarded a JUDr. degree in Law from Masaryk University in Brno.[1] In 2000 she received a PhD. in administrative and agricultural cooperative law from the same university.[1]

From 1991 to 2012 Schillerová was employed by the Tax Office of Brno-Country District, becoming Deputy Director in 1995 and Director in 2006.[1] From the beginning on 2013 she worked for 18 months as Deputy Director of the Tax Office for the South Moravian Region, as well as heading the Methodology and Tax Performance Department.[1] She then became the Director of the Legal and Tax Process Department of the General Financial Directorate, before being appointed Deputy Minister of Finance for Taxes and Excise at the Czech Ministry of Finance at the beginning of 2016.[1]

On 13 December 2017 she was appointed Minister of Finance in the cabinet of incoming Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, as an independent.[1]

Personal life

Aside from Czech, Schillerová speaks English, German, and Russian.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Alena Schillerová". vlada.cz. Government of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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