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Narcyza Żmichowska Narcyza Żmichowska (Warsaw, 4 March 1819 – 24 December 1876, Warsaw), also known under her popular pen name Gabryella, was a Polish novelist and poet. She is considered a precursor of feminism in Poland. Life Żmichowska became governess for ...

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Warsaw School of Economics SGH Warsaw School of Economics ( pl, Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie, ''SGH''Planning Commission in the

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. In 1975–1990 she was a Scientific Secretary of Demographic Sciences Committee of

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, and from 1995 – she became a member of Polish National Council of Statistics. In 1986 Wasilewska-Trenkner has been appointed to a post of vice-manager in the Department of Employment and Incomes of Population at Planning Commission in the

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. In 1987 she moved to a post of vice-manager in the Department of Control Systems and Methods of Planning. She continued working there until the dissolution of Planning Commission (as an organ of

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). In 1989 she was invited to a post of manager of Department of Economic System in Office of Central Planning (CUP – Polish: Centralny Urząd Planowania). Her next appointment there was a manager of CUP Department of Economic Strategy (from the beginning of 1991). In October 1991 she has succeeded a post of Under Secretary of State in CUP. In 1991–1992 she ran a presidency of 29th session of Senior Economic Advisers, who performed their duties at

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in Geneva, Switzerland. From 1996 she ran a presidency of the

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of

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(Polish National Development Bank in Warsaw). In 1995 Wasilewska-Trenkner was invited to

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. In 1995–2001 – a post of Under Secretary of State – managing the preparation and execution of Government budget she held there. Then – in 2001 – she became

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, and finally – once again, in 2001–2002 – she held a post of Under Secretary of State. In August 2002 she became a secretary of state in

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responsible for Government budget. Simultaneously – a Government Plenipotentiary to

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the

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she has been appointed. In 2004–2010 she was a member of

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(2-nd tenure). In 2010, then president of

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invited her to perform the functions of his economic advisor. Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner Grave December-2017

In 2004 Wasilewska-Trenkner was decorated with Commander (order) of Polonia Restituta. Her death took place on 15 November 2017 in

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hospital, and she was buried 22 November, in the Roman

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Wilanów Cemetery. She recently lived in Owczarnia near Podkowa Leśna. She had two children: daughter and son. Her contribution in the range of

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, population policy and

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questions, particularly concerning dependences between demographic and economic problems is available in a number of books, papers and studies published in periodicals.

Selected works

* (in Polish) Społeczno-ekonomiczne problemy migracji zewnętrznych w Polsce – Cz. 1 pracy: "Emigracja ludności z Polski w latach 1960–1970" (Socio-economic Problems of

External External may refer to: * External (mathematics), a concept in abstract algebra * Externality In economics, an externality or external cost is an indirect cost or benefit to an uninvolved third party that arises as an effect of another party' ...

Migration Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration * Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another ** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...

s in Poland – part 1 of: "External

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of Population from Poland in 1960–1970" – PhD dissertationDissertation title (in Polish): "Ekonomiczno-społeczne aspekty emigracji z Polski w latach 1960–1970" ("Socio-Economic Aspects of Emigration from Poland in 1960–1970"), professor conferring a degree: doc. dr Mikołaj Latuch, date of defending a dissertation: 20 December 1973 – See: http://uczelnia.sgh.waw.pl/pl/muzeum/zbiory/doktorzy/Documents/SpisDoktoratow.xls )