Marek Belka
| Marek Belka | |
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| Marek Belka in 2010 | |
| 11th Prime Minister of Poland | |
| In office 2 May 2004 – 31 October 2005 | |
| President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| Deputy | Jerzy Hausner Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka |
| Preceded by | Leszek Miller |
| Succeeded by | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz |
| Finance Minister of Poland 7th Minister of Finance of the Third Republic of Poland | |
| In office 4 February 1997 – 17 October 1997 | |
| President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| Prime Minister | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz |
| Preceded by | Grzegorz Kołodko |
| Succeeded by | Leszek Balcerowicz |
| Finance Minister of Poland 11th Minister of Finance of the Third Republic of Poland | |
| In office 19 October 2001 – 6 July 2002 | |
| President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| Prime Minister | Leszek Miller |
| Preceded by | Halina Wasilewska-Trenker |
| Succeeded by | Grzegorz Kołodko |
| Minister of Sport of the Republic of Poland | |
| In office 1 September 2005 – 31 October 2005 | |
| President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| Prime Minister | Marek Belka |
| Preceded by | None – post created |
| Succeeded by | Tomasz Lipiec |
| President of the National Bank of Poland | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 11 June 2010 | |
| President | Bronisław Komorowski |
| Prime Minister | Donald Tusk |
| Preceded by | Sławomir Skrzypek |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marek Marian Belka 9 January 1952 Łódź, People's Republic of Poland |
| Political party | Democratic Left Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | Krystyna Belka |
| Profession | Economist |
Marek Marian Belka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarɛk ˈbɛlka] (
); b. 9 January 1952 in Łódź) is a Polish professor of Economics, a former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, former Director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) European Department and current Head of National Bank of Poland.[1]
Biography
Belka graduated from the Socio-Economic Department of the University of Łódź in 1972 and later studied on scholarships at Columbia University, University of Chicago and London School of Economics. He holds an M.A. in economics of foreign trade and a PhD in economics from the University of Łódź.[2] He became a professor in 1994.
From 1990 until 1996 he worked as consultant for the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Poland and the World Bank. He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in 1997 and from 2001 to 2002; and as an economic consultant of the President of the Republic of Poland in the meantime. He also served as Adviser to the Prime Minister of Albania from 1997 to 2001 and to JP Morgan for Central and Eastern Europe from 2002 to 2003. In 2003 he was responsible for economic policy in the interim coalition administration of Iraq. In 2005 he was a candidate for the post of OECD Secretary General, but lost to José Ángel Gurría.
He was designated Prime Minister of Poland by President Aleksander Kwaśniewski on 29 March 2004 and sworn into office the next 2 May. He failed to receive the required parliamentary support on 14 May, but on 11 June he was designated again. On 24 June he finally managed to receive enough support in the Sejm – the Lower House of Polish Parliament – winning a vote of confidence by a majority of 235 votes to 215.
Belka joined the new liberal Democratic Party - demokraci.pl in May 2005, but was not chosen as an MP.
From 2006 to 2008, he was Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe(ECE).[3]
In 2007, he was proposed by Poland as managing director of the IMF, but the European Union (EU) finally decided to advance French former minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn's candidacy.
On 15 July 2008, Mr. Strauss-Kahn named Marek Belka as Director of the IMF's European Department, a position Belka took up on 1 November 2008.[4][5]
On 27 May 2010 Belka was nominated as the next President of the National Bank of Poland by Acting President Bronisław Komorowski.[6] On 10 June 2010, Marek Belka was approved by the Parliament (253 votes in favor; 184 against) as Head of National Bank of Poland.
Marek Belka is an Honorary Member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. In October 2013 he was elected into the Polish Economy Hall of Fame.[7]
References
- ↑ "Belka szefem NBP. Spór w koalicji – Wiadomości w Onet.pl". Wiadomosci.onet.pl. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ↑ "Marek Belka". Nndb.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ↑ United Nations Web Services Section. "The Biography of Marek Belka". United Nations. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ↑ "Press Release: IMF Managing Director Strauss-Kahn Names Former Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka as Director of the European Department". Imf.org. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ↑ "Marek Belka « iMFdirect – The IMF Blog". Blog-imfdirect.imf.org. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ↑ jagor, PAP, IAR (27 May 2010). "Komorowski: Marek Belka kandydatem na prezesa NBP". Wiadomosci.gazeta.pl. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ↑ Information with fotos at the NBP website (in Polish)
External links
- Marsh, David, "Poles won’t reject euro, but won’t rush to join", MarketWatch, October 22, 2012.
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| Preceded by Grzegorz Kołodko |
Minister of Finance 1997 |
Succeeded by Leszek Balcerowicz |
| Preceded by Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner |
Minister of Finance 2001–2002 |
Succeeded by Grzegorz Kołodko |
| Preceded by Leszek Miller |
Prime Minister of Poland 2004–2005 |
Succeeded by Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz |
| Preceded by Sławomir Skrzypek Piotr Wiesiołek (acting) |
President of the National Bank of Poland 2010– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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