The euro enthusiast

By Hilary Heuler - 12.03.2009 / 00:00 CET

Jacek Rostowski's eurozone ambitions.

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Curriculum Vitae

1951: Born, London
1988-95: Lecturer, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London
1989-91: Adviser to the deputy prime minister and finance minister of Poland
1991: Co-founder of Centre for Social and Economic Analysis
1992-95: Worked at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science
1995-2000 and 2005-06: Dean of the economics department, Central European University, Budapest
1997-2000: Chairman of the macro- economic policy committee, Polish Ministry of Finance
2002-04: Adviser to the president of the National Bank of Poland
2007- Polish minister of finance

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