Andrzej Marian Olechowski ['and??j ?l?'x?fski] (listen) (born 9 September 1947 in KrakΓ³w, Poland) is a Polish politician.
He was one of the co-founders of liberal conservative party Civic Platform in 2001 with Maciej Plazynski and Donald Tusk.
He served as Minister of Finance (1992) in the Jan Olszewski's Government and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993β1995) in the Waldemar Pawlak's Government.
Olechowski was an independent candidate in 2000 presidential election, coming second after incumbent Aleksander Kwasniewski.
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 (1993β95)of the Republic of Poland
former Minister of Finance (1992) of the Republic of Poland.
Chairman of the City Council in Wilanow (1994β98);
Economic Advisor to President Walesa (1992β93; 1995);
Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations (1991β92);
Deputy Governor, National Bank of Poland (1989β91);
Director of Department, Ministry of Foreign Economics Relations (1988β89) and National Bank of Poland (1987β88);
Economist, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
(1985β87);
Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD, Geneva (1982β84);
Department Head, Foreign Trade Research Institute (1978β82).
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.
Author: Komitet Wyborczy Kandydata na Prezydenta RP Andrzeja Olechowskiego (Piotr Ratajski) Source: Komitet Wyborczy Kandydata na Prezydenta RP Andrzeja Olechowskiego (Maciej Bialecki) License: CC-BY-SA-3.0