Alena Schillerova

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

She graduated from the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University in Brno and worked in various positions in the Financial Administration from 1991 to 2015. She worked as the Director of the Tax Office Brno-venkov and also as the Director of the Legal and Tax Process Department of the General Financial Directorate. Among other things, she was a member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Business but and a member of the Working Committee for Financial Law of the Legislative Council of the Government. She also devoted herself to publishing and lecturing activities. He has been in finance all his career. Since January 2016, she has served as Deputy Minister of Finance for Taxation and Customs, having previously held various positions in the Financial Administration for 25 years. In 2017, she was appointed Minister of Finance. It wants to simplify the tax system from non-systemic exemptions and improve the online tax office, i.e. the ability to file tax returns conveniently via the Internet.