Peter Kažimír


Peter Kažimír is the current Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia. He previously served as the country's Finance Minister under prime ministers Robert Fico and Peter Pellegrini. He was a senior member of the social-democratic SMER-SD party, but resigned after assuming governorship of NBS.

Political career

In 2015, Kažimír was part of a team that secured the investment of Jaguar Land Rover in a £1bn plant, beating off stiff competition from Poland and Mexico. In the second half of 2016, during Slovakia's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, he officially represented the EU and the Eurogroup at the G20 and G7 meetings as well as the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund.
By November 2017, Kažimír submitted his formal application for succeeding Jeroen Dijsselbloem as the next chairman of the Eurogroup. At the vote on December 4, he withdrew after the first round and Mário Centeno was eventually elected to the post.
In December 2019, the National Council approved Kažimír as the government's nominee to succeed Jozef Makuch in the office of the president of the National Bank of Slovakia. He took up the post on 1 June 2019.

Other activities

European Union organizations

According to the Financial Times, Kažimír developed a strong record on managing Slovakia's public finances since taking office. He earned respect for keeping budget deficits under control and became known for his tough stance in the eurozone’s negotiations with debt-plagued Greece.