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Key facts
- President
- Aleksander Kwaśniewski
- Deputy
- Jerzy Hausner , Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka
- Preceded by
- Leszek Miller
- Succeeded by
- Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
- Appointed by
- Bronisław Komorowski
- Constituency
- Łódź
- Prime minister
- Leszek Miller
- Born
- Marek Marian Belka , ( 1952-01-09 ) 9 January 1952 (age 74) , Łódź , Poland
- Party
- Polish United Workers' Party (1973–1990), Democratic Left Alliance (1999–2005), Independent (1990–1999, 2005–present)
- Other political affiliations
- Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (Since 2019), The Left (Since 2019)
- Spouse
- Krystyna Belka
- Education
- University of Łódź
- Awards
- Bene Merito</a> (Poland)"}'>
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marek
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Łódź
- Occupation
- banker
- Employer
- University of Łódź
- Political party
- Polish United Workers' Party
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Award
- Bene Merito
- Image
- Marek Belka NBP.jpg
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- Marek Belka
- date of birth
- 1952-01-09
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- Marek Belka
- candidacy in election
- 2019 European Parliament election in Poland
- name in native language
- Marek Belka
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- Marek Belka
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Encyclopedic overview
Marek Marian Belka (born 9 January 1952) is a Polish professor of economics and politician who has served as Prime Minister of Poland and Finance Minister of Poland in two governments. He is a former director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) European Department and former Head of Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland). He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2024.
In 1978–1979 and 1985–1986 he did scientific internships at Columbia University and the University of Chicago, and in 1990 - London School of Economics. From 1986, he was associated with the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He published over 100 scientific papers devoted mainly to money theory and anti-inflation policy in developing countries. He specializes in applied economics and contemporary economic thought. He is also a member of the Committee of Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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