- Grzegorz Kołodko
Infobox Officeholder
name = Grzegorz Witold Kołodko
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order = Finance Minister of Poland
term_start =April 28 1994
term_end =February 4 1997
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viceprimeminister =
deputy =
president =Lech Wałęsa ,Aleksander Kwaśniewski
primeminister =Waldemar Pawlak ,Józef Oleksy ,Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
predecessor =Henryk Chmielak (acting)
successor =Marek Belka
order2 = Finance Minister of Poland
term_start2 =July 6 2002
term_end2 =June 16 2003
vicepresident2 =
viceprimeminister2 =
deputy2 =
president2 =Aleksander Kwaśniewski
primeminister2 =Leszek Miller
predecessor2 =Marek Belka
successor2 =Andrzej Raczko
birth_date = birth date and age|1949|01|28
birth_place =Tczew ,People's Republic of Poland
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profession =Economist
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footnotes =Grzegorz W. Kołodko (born
January 28 ,1949 inTczew ,Poland ) - professor ofeconomics , renowned Polish economist specializing in development economy, system reforms and public finances, currently heading a research center atKozminski Business School .He took part in
Polish Round Table talks. He held positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance four times between 1994 and 2003, under four different Prime Ministers. He is a consultant for theInternational Monetary Fund , theWorld Bank ,United Nations andOECD .He authored 35 books and over 300 scientific articles in the area of economics. His publications were translated into over 20 languages. He graduated from
Warsaw School of Economics . He received a scholarship fromFulbright Program during his appointment at University of Illinois. Prior to his appointment atKozminski Business School in 2000, he had various lecturing positions at schools includingWarsaw School of Economics ,Yale University ,UCLA andUniversity of Rochester . Kołodko was awarded the Commander's Cross of thePolonia Restituta order by thePresident of Poland , and was a multiple winner of special prizes by Poland's Minister of Education and Science.External links
* (Polish) [http://kolodko.tiger.edu.pl/ Grzegorz Kołodko personal webpage]
* [http://www.kolodko.net/ Grzegorz Kołodko personal webpage (in English)]
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