Andrzej Olechowski

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Field	Value
name	Andrzej Olechowski
image	Andrzej Olechowski candidate 2010(cropped).jpg
caption	Official portrait, 2010
order	Minister of Finance
term_start	26 February 1992
term_end	5 June 1992
primeminister	Jan Olszewski
predecessor	Karol Lutowski
successor	Jerzy Osiatyński
order2	Minister of Foreign Affairs
term_start2	26 October 1993
term_end2	6 March 1995
primeminister2	Waldemar Pawlak
predecessor2	Krzysztof Skubiszewski
successor2	Władysław Bartoszewski
birth_date
birth_place	Kraków, Poland
party	Civic Platform (2001–2009)
spouse	Irena Olechowska
children	Sons Marcin and Jacek
profession	Economist
otherparty	BBWR(1993–1997)
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| name = Andrzej Olechowski | image = Andrzej Olechowski candidate 2010(cropped).jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2010 | order = Minister of Finance | term_start = 26 February 1992 | term_end = 5 June 1992 | vicepresident = | viceprimeminister = | deputy = | primeminister = Jan Olszewski | predecessor = Karol Lutowski | successor = Jerzy Osiatyński | order2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs | term_start2 = 26 October 1993 | term_end2 = 6 March 1995 | vicepresident2 = | viceprimeminister2 = | deputy2 = | primeminister2 = Waldemar Pawlak | predecessor2 = Krzysztof Skubiszewski | successor2 = Władysław Bartoszewski | birth_date = | birth_place = Kraków, Poland | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | constituency = | party = Civic Platform (2001–2009) | spouse = Irena Olechowska | children = Sons Marcin and Jacek | profession = Economist | otherparty = BBWR(1993–1997)

Andrzej Marian Olechowski (; born 9 September 1947) is a Polish politician. He was one of the co-founders of liberal conservative party Civic Platform in 2001 with Maciej Płażyński and Donald Tusk. He served as Minister of Finance (1992) in the Jan Olszewski's Government and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–1995) in the Waldemar Pawlak's Government.

Olechowski was an independent candidate in 2000 presidential election, coming second after incumbent Aleksander Kwaśniewski. In 2002, he was Civic Platform's candidate for president of Warsaw but failed to even get to the second round. Afterwards he began moving away from politics.

He left the Civic Platform in July 2009 and started co-operating with the Democratic Party. He was one of the candidates in the 2010 Polish presidential election, but got only 1.44% of votes and didn't get into the second round.

• Director of Euronet, USA.
• 2005 functions
  • Supervisory Boards of Citibank Handlowy and Europejski Fundusz Hipoteczny;
  • Senior Advisor, Central Europe Trust Polska;
  • Director, Studiam Generale Europa;
  • Chairman, Citizens for the Republic.
  • President of The Central European Forum
• Activities
  • former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–95) of the Republic of Poland
  • former Minister of Finance (1992) of the Republic of Poland.
  • Chairman of the City Council in Wilanow (1994–98);
  • Economic Advisor to President Walesa (1992–93; 1995);
  • Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations (1991–92);
  • Deputy Governor, National Bank of Poland (1989–91);
  • Director of Department, Ministry of Foreign Economics Relations (1988–89) and National Bank of Poland (1987–88);
  • Economist, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (1985–87);
  • Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD, Geneva (1982–84);
  • Department Head, Foreign Trade Research Institute (1978–82).
• Education
  • Central School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw (PhD, 1979)
  • Attended the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
• Fellow of Collegium Invisibile.

References

References

1. "Ministrowie finansów - Ministerstwo Finansów - Portal Gov.pl".
2. "DerStandard.at".
3. "List of Fellows". ci.edu.pl.

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