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Leszek Balcerowicz

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Leszek Henryk Balcerowicz (pronounced [ˈlɛʂɛk balt͡sɛˈrɔvit͡ʂ] ; born 19 January 1947) is a Polish economist, statesman, and Professor at Warsaw School of Economics. He served as Chairman of the National Bank of Poland (2001–2007) and twice as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (1989–1991, 1997–2001). In 1989, he became Minister of Finance in Tadeusz Mazowiecki's first non-communist government and led the free-market economic reforms, proponents of which say they have transformed Poland into one of Europe's fastest growing economies, but which critics say were followed by a large increase in unemployment. In 2007, he founded the Civic Development Forum (Forum Obywatelskiego Rozwoju) think-tank and became the chairman of its council. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leszek Balcerowicz is the 242nd most popular economist (up from 245th in 2019), the 740th most popular biography from Poland (up from 763rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Leszek Balcerowicz ranks 242 out of 414. Before him are Olivier Blanchard, Chester Barnard, Arthur Melvin Okun, Johann Karl Rodbertus, Grigory Yavlinsky, and Guy Standing. After him are Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, Ellen Swallow Richards, Harold Laski, Adam Müller, Andreas Kaplan, and Dennis Meadows.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Leszek Balcerowicz ranks 349. Before him are Gunnar Hansen, Lamar Smith, Stéphane Courtois, Jacki Weaver, Kembo Uba Kembo, and Chung Un-chan. After him are Peer Steinbrück, Jaroslav Pollák, Gregg Allman, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Olavo de Carvalho, and Sylvia Nasar.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Leszek Balcerowicz ranks 740 out of 1,694. Before him are Klaus Hänsch (1938), Haroun Tazieff (1914), Paul Kletzki (1900), Julian Fontana (1810), Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg (1761), and Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1522). After him are Józef Bilczewski (1860), Mordechai Gebirtig (1877), Kurt Feldt (1897), Leon Wyczółkowski (1852), Basia (1954), and Robert Gadocha (1946).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Poland

Among economists born in Poland, Leszek Balcerowicz ranks 5. Before him are Carl Menger (1840), Reinhard Selten (1930), Oskar R. Lange (1904), and Michał Kalecki (1899). After him are Leopold von Wiese (1876), Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1951), Henryk Grossman (1881), Zyta Gilowska (1949), and Sławomir Skrzypek (1963).

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