Education
University of Economics.
University of Economics.
He was confirmed by President Václav Klaus for another six-year term on 11 February 2005. Tůma resigns as of 30 June 2010. Previously he was Vice Governor of the Bank from 13 February 1999 to 30 November 2000.
According to iHNed.cz Governor Tůma"s salary was $220,000.
Tůma is a graduate of the Faculty of Trade at the University of Economics, Prague. Then he joined Institute for Forecasting of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences as a researcher
From 1993 to 1995 he was an advisor to the Minister of Industry and Trade. Before joining the Czechoslovakian National Bank he held a position in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Tůma chairs the CERGE-Economic Inquiry Nadace (Foundation), which supports economic education in transition and developing countries.
He was a TOP 09 party nominee for the Mayor office of the Czechoslovakian capital Prague in Czechoslovakian local elections (October 2010). The secondand third-place parties (Obcanská demokratická strana (Civic Democratic Party) and ČSSD) instead made a coalition and Bohuslav Svoboda was elected Mayor by the City Council on 6 December 2010. Tůma currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the Global Panel Foundation, a respected non-governmental organization that works behind the scenes in crisis areas around the world.