Jacek Rostowski

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Jacek Rostowski (2020)

Jacek Rostowski (actually: Jan Anthony Vincent-Rostowski ; born April 30, 1951 in London ) is a Polish economist . From November 16, 2007 to November 27, 2013 he was Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland and from February 25, 2013 to November 27, 2013 he was Vice-President of the Council of Ministers (Deputy Prime Minister). He belongs to the Platforma Obywatelska party .

Rostowski was born in London as the son of Polish emigrants. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science . From 1988 to 1995 he was a lecturer at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies within University College London . In 1989, the then Polish Finance Minister Leszek Balcerowicz appointed him his economic advisor. He held this position until 1991. From 1992 to 1995 he worked for the Center for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Since 1995 he has been Professor and Head of the Department of Economics at the Central European University in Budapest . When Leszek Balcerowicz was reappointed Minister of Finance by Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek in 1997, Balcerowicz appointed him to the Economic Council of the Ministry of Finance. Until 2001 was the chairman of the council. Since 2004 he has been the advisor to the board of the Polish bank Pekao SA . Jan Vincent-Rostowski has published numerous papers on the topics of enlargement of the European Union, monetary policy, exchange policy and the transformation of post-communist economic systems. Donald Tusk appointed him to his government as finance minister in 2007. He was sworn in on November 16, 2007.

On June 13, 2008, a motion of no confidence introduced by the PiS was rejected by 235 to 150. The PiS called for a reduction in the mineral oil tax, which Rostowski rejected.

Comments on the euro crisis

In an interview that appeared in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) in November 2011 , Rostowski warned of the danger of war in Europe after the eurozone collapsed . Rostovsky was asked: “Minister, you shocked us all in September. In a speech you quoted a friend who said that the euro crisis could lead to a new war. ”Rostowski replied:

“At the time I quoted from a study on the consequences of a break-up of the eurozone. As Chancellor Merkel already said: If the euro fails, the EU itself can fail. But the EU is the guarantor of peace in Europe. Besides, the cost would be tremendous. We would lose a huge part of our economic output. There is a risk of an historic economic disaster that, like the Great Depression of the 1930s, would ultimately lead to war in Europe. "

These statements were quoted several times by the German media and the Polish-language service of Deutsche Welle .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Rostowski wicepremierem, Sienkiewicz szefem MSW, Cichocki szefem KPRM. In: kprm.gov.pl. February 25, 2013, Retrieved March 1, 2013 (Polish).
  2. ^ Polskie Radio : Dispute over gasoline price - no confidence vote against finance minister thrown out . June 14, 2008
  3. ↑ "Either a massive ECB intervention or the catastrophe", in FAZ November 21, 2011, page 5, interviewer Konrad Schuller, Echo see http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15545622, 00.html
  4. ↑ see http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Polen-fuerchtet-Euro-Katastrophe-article4821501.html
personal data
SURNAME Rostowski, Jacek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vincent-Rostowski, Jan Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish economist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH London