Pavel Kysilka

Pavel Kysilka
Pavel Kysilka in 2015
Governor of the Czech National Bank
In office 17 December 1997 – 23 July 1998
President	Václav Havel
Preceded by	Josef Tošovský
Succeeded by	Josef Tošovský
Personal details
Born	(1958-09-05) 5 September 1958 Boskovice, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Alma mater	Prague University of Economics and Business
Occupation	economist

Pavel Kysilka (born 5 September 1958 in Boskovice) is a Czech economist, who was head of the Central Bank of the Czech National Bank from 1997 to 1998.

He graduated from the National Economic Faculty of the University of Economics, Prague in 1982. Afterwards, he became a postgraduate at the same university. In 1986, he started at the Economic Institute of the Czechoslovakian Science Academy, before in 1990, returning to the University of Economics, Prague.

From September 1990 to the end of 1991, he was an advisor to the Minister for Economic Politics and Local Affairs. Afterwards, he began as Deputy General Director to the Czechoslovakian State Bank, the forerunner to the Czech National Bank. On 20 May 1992, he was named as vice-head of the Central Bank, a position he held when Czechoslovakia split into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, and Czech Republic's new Central Bank, Czech National Bank was established.

On 17 December 1997, head of the Central Bank, Josef Tošovský became Prime Minister in the Czech Republic's caretaker government which was formed by President Václav Havel, in the aftermath of Vaclav Klaus' minority government collapse in November 1997. Kysilka took over the role of head of the Central bank. On 22 June 1998, after the 1998 election, Tošovský went back to his role as head of the Central Bank, and Kysilka returned to being vice-head of the Central Bank. He continued in this role until 10 February 1999, and finished at the Central Bank on 30 September 1999.

External links

• Czech National Bank – Overview of representatives of the CNB