20 Facts About Marek Belka

Marek Belka is a former director of the International Monetary Fund's European Department and former Head of Narodowy Bank Polski.

Marek Belka has served as a Member of the European Parliament since July 2019.

Marek Belka published over 100 scientific papers devoted mainly to money theory and anti-inflation policy in developing countries.

Marek Belka specializes in applied economics and contemporary economic thought.

Marek Belka is a member of the Committee of Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Marek Belka held a number of important public functions in the country and abroad.

Marek Belka was appointed president of the National Bank of Poland.

Marek Belka took office on 11 June 2010 and ended his term on 21 June 2016.

From 1990 until 1996 Marek Belka worked as a consultant for the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Poland and the World Bank.

Marek Belka served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in 1997 and from 2001 to 2002; and as an economic consultant of the President of the Republic of Poland in the meantime.

Later, Marek Belka worked as an advisor to JP Morgan for Central and Eastern Europe from 2002 to 2003.

Marek Belka was active in the Polish Students' Association and the Polish Socialist Youth Union.

Marek Belka was designated Prime Minister of Poland by President Aleksander Kwasniewski on 29 May 2004 and sworn into office the next 8 August.

From 2006 to 2008, Marek Belka served as Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe.

In 2007, Marek Belka was proposed by Poland as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, but the European Union finally decided to advance former French minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn's candidacy.

Marek Belka said he would not resign over the remarks he is alleged to have made.

In 2016, news media reported that Marek Belka was considering taking up the role of the head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Marek Belka was a member of the Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance, which was established by the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors for the period from 2017 to 2018.

Marek Belka received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006.

Marek Belka is an Honorary Member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.