Leszek Balcerowicz

Polish central bank head calls for fiscal reform

POLAND - Leszek Balcerowicz, president of the National Bank of Poland, stressed in a speech made on 10 August to the Polish parliament that tight monetary policy in 2000 had done the most to shelter Poland from worse macroeconomic disturbances that could…

Polish c.banker hazy on timing of switch to euro

Poland's new central bank chief Leszek Balcerowicz said on Feb. 6, 2001, the timing of the country's eventual switch from the zloty to the euro after joining the European Union was still an open issue.Balcerowicz's statement backs away from his…

Polish refomer Balcerowicz new central bank chief

Poland's best known reformer, Leszek Balcerowicz, admired and despised in equal measure for his rigorous free market beliefs, has again returned to guiding his country's economic transition, this time as central bank chief.

Balcerowicz proposed for Polish central bank chief

Poland's president on Thursday named Leszek Balcerowicz, the architect of the country's free market reforms in the early 1990s, as his candidate to become the new central bank chief, the presidential press office said.

Polish opp party wants cbank head with no politics

The Polish opposition party, Democratic Left Alliance, will ask the president to choose the central bank head from among three candidates - Dariusz Filar, Jerzy Stopyra and Andrzej Slawinski.

Balcerowicz closer to becoming Polish c.bank chief

Leszek Balcerowicz, the architect of Poland's economic reforms after the 1989 fall of communism, looks increasingly certain to become the new chief of the country's central bank, politicians said on Tuesday.

Polish president debates new c.bank head next week

President Aleksander Kwasniewski will meet Poland's top three political parties next week to discuss candidates for the new central bank chief, opening the way for a parliamentary vote on the issue as soon as December 6-8.

Increased support for Balcerowicz as NBP president

Former Polish foreign minister Bronislaw Geremek of the Freedom Union [former ruling coalition junior partner with Solidarity Electoral Action] on Sunday announced he would call on all the parliamentary caucuses to support the candidature of Leszek…

Balcerowicz might be seeking Polish cenbank post

Leszek Balcerowicz, the author of Poland's free market reforms in the early 1990s, said on Friday he would quit his political leadership role, amid expectations he will seek the presidency of the National Bank of Poland.

Balcerowicz best for top central bank post

Poland's liberal former finance minister Leszek Balcerowicz would be the best candidate to replace Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, the outgoing central bank governor, Poland's deputy premier told the best-selling Gazeta Wyborcza daily on Thursday.

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