Jaroslav Romanchuk

Jaroslav Cheslavovich Romanchuk ( _be. Ярасл́аў Чэсл́ававіч Раманч́ук) (born January 10 1966) is a Belarusian libertarian economist and politician.

Deputy Chairman of United Civil Party of Belarus.

He currently works as a President of Scientific Research Mises Center of Analytical Center «Strategy».

Life and career

Born in the in the USSR's Grodno voblast (and now in Belarus)

Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.

Summer Seminars for Philosophy and Culture - Universitys of USA & Canada 1998-2003

Institute for Higher education and Humanities at Belarusian State University. Postgraduate doctoral studies. November 1996 – December 2000. Topic of the thesis «Conceptual approaches and paradigms of systemic economic reforms in transitional societies. Comparative analysis».

Teacher of the English Grammar, Head of the Department for Foreign Affairs, Economic commentator, Economic analyst, General DirectorAugust 1990 - July 1997

Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus. Commission for economic policy and reforms. Minsk. Senior economist. Since December 1995 till December 1996.

Analytical Information weekly «Belorusskaya Gazeta» Deputy Editor-in-chief. April 1999 – March 2002.

Scientific Research Mises Center of Analytical Center «Strategy». Minsk President. 2002 – up till now

Over 1000 publications on economic problems (pension reform, effectiveness of state poverty programs, comparative analysis of social economic models, crisis of welfare state in the West etc.) in various mass media.

Prize-winner of Atlas Economic Research Foundation Sir Anthony Fisher Award 2006, winner of Templeton award 2006, 2007; winner of International Society for Individual Liberty Marshal Bruce Evoy award for promoting liberty in the world (2003).

Deputy Chairman of the United Civil Party since April 2000. Member of the UCP since 1994, advisor to Chairman of the party 1996 - 2000.

Participant of numerous conferences both in Belarus and abroad, author of Concept of Pension Reform for Belarus, alternative Budget and Tax system for Belarus, Law on Privatization, law on social security and other pieces of legislation. Chairman of the working group on social economic program of joint democratic forces of the Republic of Belarus (2005 – 2008).

Author of National Business Platform for business in Belarus 2006-2007, NBP-2008.

Publications

Author of the following books:

* «Belarus: Choosing Economic Future» (in Russian) 1999,
* «Liberalism. Ideology of a happy person» (2007),
* «In search of economic miracle. Lessons for Belarus» 2008

Co-author of the following books:

* «Belarus: road to the future. Book for the parliament» (2005),
* «Business in Belarus. In circle One» (2006),
* «Economic Constitution for the Republic of Belarus» (2007)

External links

* [http://liberty-belarus.info/content/blogcategory/3/34/ Scientific Research Mises Center]