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Leszek Balcerowicz is Chairman of the Board of Bruegel in Brussels; Former President of the National Bank of Poland and Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland back to previous page |
| 1947 | Born in Lipno, Poland |
| 1970 | Graduated with distinction from Foreign Trade faculty in Central School of Planning and Statistics (CSPS) in Warsaw, (now Warsaw School of Economics (WSE)) |
| 1974 | MBA at St. John's University in New York |
| 1975 | PhD in Economics, Warsaw School of Economics |
| 1985 | Fellowship at the University of Sussex |
| 1988 | Fellowship at the Marburg University |
| 1989 - 1992 | Minister of Finance, Republic of Poland |
| 1990 | "Balcerowicz Plan" to end hyperinflation and balance the national budget |
| 1997 - 2000 | Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Poland; President of the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers |
| 2001- 2007 | President of the National Bank of Poland |
| Present Positions | |
| 1992 – | Professor, Warsaw School of Economics (WSE) |
| 1993 – | Director of Chair of International Comparative Studies at Warsaw School of Economics |
| 2008 – | Chairman of the Board, Bruegel, Brussels |
| 2009 – | President of International Atlantic Economic Society (IAES) |
| Memberships (selection) | |
| Distinguished Associates of the International Atlantic Economic Society (IAES); Group of Trustees, Institute of International Finance; Group of Thirty |
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| Awards and Honours (selection) | |
| 1992 | Ludwig Erhard Prize (Ludwig Erhard Foundation, German) |
| 1998 | „Finance Minister of the year“ (Euromoney Magazine) |
| 2000 | Friedrich von Hayek Prize, Germany |
| 2005 | Order of the White Eagle for his contribution to the system transformation |
