Ivan Miklos Ivan Miklos has always been one of Slovakia's most outspoken opponents of its reactionary past. Being one of the leading and most recognized opposition economists and the Executive Director and founder of MESA 10, Miklos was named Slovakia's new Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs in November 1999, after the opposition's recent election win. MESA 10 is a highly successful and influential think tank based in Bratislava that can claim Prime Minister Miklos Dzurinda as one of its co-founders. Over the years, Miklos has been an uncompromising critic of Slovakia's crony capitalism and privatization, heavy-handed treatment of media and free speech, discrimination against ethnic minorities and efforts to squelch the nation's incipient democracy. A member of Slovakia's first post-communist government, Miklos left the government in 1992 to help lead the opposition forces.
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