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Magyar önéletrajz

Family name: Dr. Kovács
First name: Árpád
Place and date of birth: Szombathely, 3 February 1948
Nationality: Hungarian
Address: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Szeged, H-6722 Szeged, Kálvária sgt. 1.
Phone: 36-62-544682
e-mail: Kovacs.Arpad@eco.u-szeged.hu, iren.prajda@eco.u-szeged.hu (secretary)

Education and degree

• Budapest University of Technology, 1966-1971 Degree in Transportation Engineering
  
• Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2001 PhD degree in Economics
  
• Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2003 Habilitation in Economics
  

Current position

• Professor at the Institute of Finance and International Economic Relations, University of Szeged
  
• Member of Board of Directors, Hungarian State Holding Company
  

Courses taught

• Public Finance
  
• Auditing in Public Finance
  

Research interest

• Public finance and fiscal policy
  

Previous positions

• 1979-1989 Different positions at the Central National Auditing Commission
  
• 1990-1996 Different positions at the State Audit Office of Hungary
  
• 1996-1997 President, Board of Directors of State Privatization and Holding Co.
  
• 1998-2009 President of the State Audit Office of Hungary
  
• 2003- Visiting professor at several Hungarian Universities
  
• 2001-2004 Vice President, 2004-2007 President of International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI)
  
• Member of the Board of Directors: International Consortium on Government Financial Management (ICGFM)
  

International traineeship

• 1989 General Accountability Office, Washington, USA
  
• 1993 Commission of the European Union
  

Professional memberships

• President of the Hungarian Economic Association
  
• President of the Editorial Committee of the bilingual Pénzügyi Szemle/Journal of Public Finance