Polish United Workers' Party (1973–1990) Democratic Left Alliance (1999–2005) Independent (1990–1999, 2005–present)
Other political affiliations
European Coalition (2019) Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (Since 2019) The Left (Since 2019)
Spouse
Krystyna Belka
Children
2
Education
University of Łódź
Awards
Marek Marian Belka (Polish pronunciation:[ˈmarɛkˈbɛlka]ⓘ; born 9 January 1952 in Lódź) is a Polish professor of economics and politician who has served as Prime Minister of Poland and Finance Minister of Poland in two governments.[1] He is a former Director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) European Department and former Head of Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland).[2] He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since July 2019.
In 1978–1979 and 1985–1986 he did scientific internships at Columbia University and University of Chicago, and in 1990 - London School of Economics. From 1986, he was associated with Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He published over 100 scientific papers devoted mainly to money theory and anti-inflation policy in developing countries. He specializes in applied economics and contemporary economic thought. He is also a member of the Committee of Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
He held a number of important public functions in the country and abroad. In 1990 he became an advisor and consultant at Ministry of Finance, followed by the Ministry of Ownership Transformations and the Central Planning Office. In the years 1994–1996 he was the vice-chairman of the Council of Socio-Economic Strategy at the Council of Ministers, and then economic advisor to the President of the Republic of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski. In 1996 he became a consultant at World Bank. He was twice the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland and the Minister of Finance: in 1997 in the Cabinet of Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz and in 2001–2002 in the Cabinet of Leszek Miller. In 2004–2005 he served as Prime Minister and the chairman of the Committee for European Integration. In 2005 he held the office of the Minister of Sport in his own government .
From 2006 he served as the executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and from November 2008 the director of the European Department International Monetary Fund. Previously, he was also the head of the coalition Council for International Coordination in Iraq (2003), and then the director of economic policy in the Provisional Coalition Authority in Iraq, where he answered, among others for currency reform, creation of a new banking system and supervision of the economy (2003-2004).
He was appointed president of the National Bank of Poland. He took office on 11 June 2010 and ended his term on 21 June 2016. In January 2011, he was elected for a three-year term (extended for another three years in 2014) to Steering Committee European Systemic Risk Board. Belka ran for and was elected an MEP at the 2019 European Parliament election. He has been appointed the vice-president of the S&D Group.[3]
Marek Marian Belka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarɛkˈbɛlka] ; born 9 January 1952 in Lódź) is a Polish professor of economics and politician who has served...
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(Samoobrona). Its leader was Wojciech Mojzesowicz. In 2004 the PBL supported MarekBelka's candidacy as Prime Minister. The PBL functioned as a political grouping...
Marek Stefan Borowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarɛk bɔˈrɔfskʲi]; born 4 January 1946 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish politician. He led the Democratic...
for Foreign Affairs For President Aleksander Kwaśniewski of Poland: MarekBelka, Prime Minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Minister for Foreign Affairs...
the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration in the cabinet of MarekBelka. Kalisz was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 36,013...
26 March 2004, following the decision of the Speaker of the Parliament, Marek Borowski, to found a new dissenting party, the Social Democracy of Poland...
Challenges of Globalization. Imbalances and Growth, edited by Anders Åslund and Marek Dąbrowski, Peterson Institutute for International Economics, p. 153–199...
from 11 September 2019 ITA Claude Moraes until 31 January 2020 UK MarekBelka from 26 May 2021 POL RE Renew Europe Group Dacian Cioloș until 19 October...
United Kingdom and Pakistan Manuel Lajo – Member of the Peruvian Congress MarekBelka – former Prime Minister of Poland; currently Head of the National Bank...
(2001–2007) Sławomir Skrzypek (2007–2010) (acting) Piotr Wiesiołek (2010) MarekBelka (2010–2016) Adam Glapiński (since 2016) 2011 – award granted during the...