Andrzej Olechowski
 Andrzej Olechowski     (economist, politician) | ||||||||||
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| Born | 9 September 1947 Kraków, Poland | |||||||||
| Nationality | Polish | |||||||||
| Alma mater | Central School of Planning and Statistics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies | |||||||||
| Children | Sons Marcin and Jacek | |||||||||
| Spouse | Irena Olechowska | |||||||||
| Member of | European Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission | |||||||||
| Party | Civic Platform | |||||||||
Polish Finance Minister, Bilderberg Steering committee
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Andrzej Marian Olechowski is a Polish politician. A Finance and Foreign Minister in the 1990s, he was part of the Bilderberg steering committee.
Education
He graduated in economics from the Warsaw School of Planning and Statistics, and in 1979 he obtained a doctoral degree in economics on the basis of the dissertation Of export instability and its size – a study for European countries from 1960 to 1974.
Early career
In 1973 he joined UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. In the years 1978-1982 he headed the Department of Analysis and Forecasts at the Polish Institute of Economics and Prices of Foreign Trade. From 1982 to 1984 he worked again at UNCTAD, and from 1985 to 1987 he was an employee of the World Bank. During his period of work in international institutions, he cooperated with Polish intelligence (Ministry of Public Security, Department I MSW), something he admitted in the later 1990s.[1] Given his positions, he would also have been of interest for Western agencies.
In 1987 he returned to work in Poland and became the director of the department at the Ministry of Economic Cooperation. From 16 November 1989 to 1 February 1991, he worked as the deputy president of the National Bank of Poland[2].
From 1 February 1991 to 28 February 1992 he was Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economic Cooperation with Abroad. On February 28, 1992, he was appointed Minister of Finance in the government of Jan Olszewski, with the support of president Lech Wałęsa. On 7 May 1992, he resigned, which was adopted by the Sejm on 4 June 1992. His name was on the so-called Macierewicz letter created at that time.[3]
After leaving the government, he then became the president's economic advisor. In 1993, he became the leader of the party’s Non-Party Reform Support Block and became the party’s candidate for prime minister. Olechowski became a member of the government of Waldemar Pawlak as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, thanks to the provisions of the Constitution of 1992, which guaranteed the president influence on the staff of the so-called presidential ministries (including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
In 2000 he ran for president as an independent candiadate. In the first round, he finished second with 17.3% of voters. He lost to Aleksander Kwaśniewski, who already achieved re-election in the first round.
On 27 October 2002, he took part in the elections for the presidency of Warsaw. He received 13.47% of the votes, and did not enter the second round of elections.[4]
In December 2009, he declared his intention to run in the 2010 presidential election as an independent candidate. In the first round, he received 242,439 votes (1.44%), taking 6th place out of 10 candidates.[5]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1994 | 2 June 1994 | 5 June 1994 | Finland Helsinki | The 42nd Bilderberg, in Helsinki. |
| Bilderberg/1995 | 8 June 1995 | 11 June 1995 | Greece Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel Vouliagmeni | The 43rd Bilderberg. Held at the Burgenstock Hotel in Burgenstock, Switzerland. |
| Bilderberg/1996 | 30 May 1996 | 2 June 1996 | Canada Toronto | The 44th Bilderberg, held in Canada |
| Bilderberg/1997 | 12 June 1997 | 15 June 1997 | US Lake Lanier Georgia (State) | The 45th Bilderberg meeting |
| Bilderberg/1998 | 14 May 1998 | 17 May 1998 | Scotland Turnberry | The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington |
| Bilderberg/1999 | 3 June 1999 | 6 June 1999 | Portugal Sintra | The 47th Bilderberg, 111 participants |
| Bilderberg/2001 | 24 May 2001 | 27 May 2001 | Sweden Stenungsund | The 49th Bilderberg, in Sweden. Reported on the WWW. |
| Bilderberg/2003 | 15 May 2003 | 18 May 2003 | France Versailles | The 51st Bilderberg, in Versailles, France |
| Bilderberg/2004 | 3 June 2004 | 6 June 2004 | Italy Stresa | The 52nd such meeting. 126 recorded guests |
| Bilderberg/2005 | 5 May 2005 | 8 May 2005 | Germany Rottach-Egern | The 53rd Bilderberg, 132 guests |
| Bilderberg/2006 | 8 June 2006 | 11 June 2006 | Canada Ottawa | 54th Bilderberg, held in Canada. 133 guests |
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235557/https://www.tvn24.pl/wiadomosci-z-kraju,3/wspolpracowal-oswiadczenie-olechowskiego-prawdziwe,134234.html
- ↑ https://archive.is/waDAw
- ↑ https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/lista-macierewicza-cwierc-wieku-pozniej/w9b3yw7
- ↑ http://wybory2002.pkw.gov.pl/wojt/t1/gw1/w14/m1465.html
- ↑ http://www.rmf24.pl/raport-wybory-2010/wyboryprezydenckie2010najnowszefakty/news-olechowski-poprze-komorowskiego-w-drugiej-turze-wyborow-prez,nId,285166
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