Zyta Gilowska
Zyta Gilowska | |
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Minister of Finance | |
In office 10 September 2007 – 16 November 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
Preceded by | Jarosław Kaczyński (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Jan Vincent-Rostowski |
In office 22 September 2006 – 7 September 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
Preceded by | Stanisław Kluza |
Succeeded by | Jarosław Kaczyński (Acting) |
In office 7 January 2006 – 24 June 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz |
Preceded by | Teresa Lubińska |
Succeeded by | Paweł Wojciechowski |
Deputy Prime Minister | |
In office 10 September 2007 – 16 November 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
Preceded by | Przemysław Gosiewski |
Succeeded by | Przemysław Gosiewski |
In office 22 September 2006 – 7 September 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
Preceded by | Roman Giertych |
Succeeded by | Przemysław Gosiewski |
In office 7 January 2006 – 24 June 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz |
Preceded by | Ludwik Dorn |
Succeeded by | Roman Giertych |
Personal details | |
Born | Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, Poland | 7 July 1949
Died | 5 April 2016 Świdnik, Poland | (aged 66)
Political party | Freedom Union Civic Platform |
Alma mater | Warsaw University Maria Curie-Sklodowska University |
Zyta Janina Gilowska (née: Napolska) [ˈzɨta gʲiˈlɔfska] (7 July 1949 – 5 April 2016[1]) was a Polish economist, academic, and politician.
Early life and education
[edit]Gilowska was born in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie on 7 July 1949.[2] In 1972, she graduated with a degree in economics from Warsaw University.[3] In 1981, she received her PhD in economics from Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin.[3]
Career
[edit]From 1972 to 1985, Gilowska was a research assistant at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University[3] and later at the same institute, become an associate professor from 1995 to 1999.[3] In 2001, she became full professor at the Catholic University of Lublin.[3] From 1994 to 1996, she was a member of the liberal party, Freedom Union (Unia Wolności).[3] She was the former vice chairman of the Civic Platform (Polish: Platforma Obywatelska) party; however, she left the party on 21 May 2005[3] in protest over accusations by party colleagues of wrongdoing. From 2001 to 2005, she was a Sejm (the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament) deputy.
From 7 January to 23 June 2006, she was the deputy prime minister and finance minister in the Law and Justice government under Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.[2] She was dismissed due to allegations about her communist-era collaboration.[4][5] Paweł Wojciechowski replaced her as finance minister.[4]
From 22 September 2006 to 16 November 2007, she again was deputy prime minister and finance minister.[6] In October 2006, Gilowska was made the head of Poland's financial supervisory authority and the European Investment Bank governor of Poland.[3]
She resigned from parliament in 2008 due to health issues, and largely withdrew from political activity.[7] Between February 2010 and October 2013, she was a member of the Monetary Policy Council, and in October 2015, President Andrzej Duda appointed her to the National Development Council.
Personal life
[edit]She was married to Andrzej Gilowski, with whom she had a son, Paweł. A lifetime heavy smoker, she battled heart failure since her youth, dying of the disease on 5 April 2016, aged 66, in Świdnik.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Zyta Gilowska nie żyje. Tusk: "Odeszła jedna z najbardziej wyrazistych postaci polskiej polityki"" (in Polish). gazeta.pl. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ a b Marek Jan Chodakiewicz (25 September 2006). "Zyta or "Beata": The Convoluted Case of Poland's Deputy Prime Minister". World Politics Review. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Zyta Gilowska, new Governor for Poland". European Investment Bank. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Polish minister fired in spy row". BBC News. 23 June 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ Judy Dempsey (10 June 2006). "Polish President to Appoint His Twin as Prime Minister". The New York Times. Berlin. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ "Poland Ministries". Rulers. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ "Gilowska odchodzi z Sejmu". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Zyta Gilowska prywatnie. Rodzina". polityka.se.pl. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ Staszewski, Wojciech (11 April 2016). "W najnowszym "Newsweeku": Zyta Gilowska – zabiła ją polityka". Newsweek (in Polish). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- 1949 births
- 2016 deaths
- University of Warsaw alumni
- People from Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
- Academic staff of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
- Civic Platform politicians
- Members of the Polish Sejm 2001–2005
- Ministers of finance of Poland
- Deputy prime ministers of Poland
- Polish Roman Catholics
- Women government ministers of Poland
- Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
- 21st-century Polish women politicians
- Polish women academics
- Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011
- Female finance ministers