Grzegorz Kołodko
| Grzegorz W. Kolodko | |
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| Finance Minister of Poland | |
| In office April 28, 1994 – February 4, 1997 |
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| President | Lech Wałęsa, Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| Prime Minister | Waldemar Pawlak, Józef Oleksy, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz |
| Preceded by | Henryk Chmielak (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Marek Belka |
| Finance Minister of Poland | |
| In office July 6, 2002 – June 16, 2003 |
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| President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| Prime Minister | Leszek Miller |
| Preceded by | Marek Belka |
| Succeeded by | Andrzej Raczko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 28, 1949 Tczew, People's Republic of Poland |
| Profession | Economist |
Grzegorz W. Kołodko (pronounced [ˈɡʐɛɡɔʂ kɔˈwɔtkɔ]; born January 28, 1949 in Tczew, Poland) - a key architect of Polish economic reforms, professor of economics, economist specializing in development economy, system reforms and public finances, currently heading a think-tank TIGER, Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research, at Kozminski University.
He took part in Polish Round Table. He held positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance four times between 1994 and 2003, under four different Prime Ministers. He was a consultant for the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, United Nations and OECD.
He has authored 40 books and over 400 scientific articles in the area of economics. His publications were translated into over 25 languages. He graduated from Warsaw School of Economics. He received a scholarship from Fulbright Program during his appointment at University of Illinois. Prior to his appointment at Kozminski University in 2000, he had various lecturing positions at schools including Warsaw School of Economics, Yale University, UCLA and University of Rochester. For his contribution to the transformation of the Polish economy, Kołodko was awarded in 1997 the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by the President of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski and was a multiple winner of special prizes by Poland's Minister of Education and Science. He's been awarded honorary degrees from eight foreign universities. Professor Kołodko is a marathon runner and a globetrotter (has explored over 140 countries).
[edit] External links
- (Polish) Grzegorz Kołodko personal webpage
- Professor Kolodko’s blog: [1]
- Professor Kolodko’s publications in English: [2]
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