Jan Vincent-Rostowski

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name = Jan Vincent-Rostowski
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order = Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland
19^th
term_start2 = November 16, 2007
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president2 = Lech Kaczyński
primeminister2 = Donald Tusk
predecessor2 = Zyta Gilowska
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birth_date = birth date and age|1951|04|30
birth_place = London, Flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
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profession = Economist
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Jan Vincent-Rostowski (IPA2|'jan 'vinʦɛnt rɔs'tɔfskʲi, known as Jacek Rostowski, IPA2|'jaʦɛk rɔs'tɔfskʲi, born April 30, 1951 in London) is a Polish and British economist, academic and the current Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland.

Early life, education and career

Jacek Rostowski was born into a Polish immigrant family in London, grew up and educated in the UK. In 1972 he obtained a BSc in International Relations at the University College London, in 1973 MA in Economy and History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London (now part of UCL), and in 1975 MSc in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Since 1995 he has been a Professor of Economy and was the head of the Department of Economy at the Central European University in Budapest. From 1988 to 1995 he was a lecturer at School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, and from 1992 to 1995 he worked at the Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.

From 1997 to 2000, Rostowski was Chairman of the Macro-economic Policy Committee at the Polish Ministry of Finance, is a Member of CASE Supervisory Council (Center for Social and Economic Research).

Since 16 November 2007, he has been the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland in the cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

He is married, has two children, speaks fluent his natives Polish and English, French, Russian, and German at the working level.