Zyta Gilowska | |
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Zyta Gilowska and Lech Kaczyński
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Minister of Finance | |
In office 10 September 2007 – 16 November 2007 |
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Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
Preceded by | Jarosław Kaczyński (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Jan Vincent-Rostowski |
In office 22 September 2006 – 7 September 2007 |
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Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
Preceded by | Stanisław Kluza |
Succeeded by | Jarosław Kaczyński (Acting) |
In office 7 January 2006 – 24 June 2006 |
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Prime Minister | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz |
Preceded by | Teresa Lubińska |
Succeeded by | Paweł Wojciechowski |
Deputy Prime Minister | |
In office 10 September 2007 – 16 November 2007 |
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Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
Preceded by | Przemysław Gosiewski |
Succeeded by | Przemysław Gosiewski |
In office 22 September 2006 – 7 September 2007 |
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Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
Preceded by | Roman Giertych |
Succeeded by | Przemysław Gosiewski |
In office 7 January 2006 – 24 June 2006 |
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Prime Minister | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz |
Preceded by | Ludwik Dorn |
Succeeded by | Roman Giertych |
Personal details | |
Born |
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie |
7 July 1949
Died | 5 April 2016 Świdnik, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland |
(aged 66)
Nationality | Polish |
Political party |
Freedom Union Civic Platform |
Alma mater |
Warsaw University Maria Curie-Sklodowska University |
Zyta Gilowska [ˈzɨta gʲiˈlɔfska] (7 July 1949 – 5 April 2016) was a Polish economist, academic, and politician.
Gilowska was born in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie on 7 July 1949. In 1972, she graduated with a degree in economics from Warsaw University. In 1981, she received her PhD in economics from Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin.
From 1972 to 1985, Gilowska was a research assistant at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. From 1995 to 1999, she was an associate professor at the same university. In 2001, she became full professor at the Catholic University of Lublin. From 1994 to 1996, she was a member of the liberal party, Freedom Union (Unia Wolności). She is the former vice chairman of the Civic Platform (Polish: Platforma Obywatelska) party; however, she left the party on 21 May 2005 in protest over accusations by party colleagues of wrongdoing. From 2001 to 2005, she was a Sejm (the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament) deputy.
From 7 January to 23 June 2006, she was deputy prime minister and finance minister in the Law and Justice government under Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. She was dismissed due to allegations about her communist-era collaboration.Paweł Wojciechowski replaced her as finance minister.
From 22 September 2006 to 16 November 2007, she again was deputy prime minister and finance minister. In October 2006, Gilowska was made the head of Poland's financial supervisory authority and the European Investment Bank governor of Poland.