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4 unusual facts about Jacek Rostowski


Jacek Rostowski

From 1989 to 1991 during Poland’s great economic transformation following the fall of communism, Vincent-Rostowski was an advisor to the Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Leszek Balcerowicz.

Vincent-Rostowski joined the Cabinet of Premier Donald Tusk on November 16, 2007, and currently serves as Finance Minister of the Republic of Poland.

From 1995 he has been Professor of Economics and was the head of the Department of Economics at the Central European University in Budapest during the periods: 1995–2000 and 2005–2006 (accredited by the Board of Regents of the State University of New York, for and on behalf of the New York State Department of Education. Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, Yale and Berkley Universities are also accredited by SUNY).

During this time, together with Ljubo Sirc, Vincent-Rostowski co-edited the academic journal, Communist Economies (later known as Communist Economies & Economic Transformation and ”Post Communist Economies).



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