Andrzej Marian Olechowski (; born 9 September 1947) is a Polish politician. He was one of the co-founders of

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party

Civic Platform Civic Platform ( pl, Platforma Obywatelska, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a political party in Poland. It is currently led by Donald Tusk. It ...

in 2001 with Maciej Płażyński and

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. He served as Minister of Finance (1992) in the

Jan Olszewski Jan Ferdynand Olszewski (; 20 August 1930 – 7 February 2019) was a Polish conservative lawyer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Poland for five months between December 1991 and early June 1992 and later became a leading figure ...

's Government and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–1995) in the

Waldemar Pawlak Waldemar Pawlak (born 5 September 1959) is a Polish politician. He has twice served as Prime Minister of Poland, briefly in 1992 and again from 1993 to 1995. From November 2007 to November 2012 he served as Deputy Prime Minister and the Minist ...

's Government. Olechowski was an independent candidate in 2000

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, coming second after incumbent

Aleksander Kwaśniewski Aleksander Kwaśniewski (; born 15 November 1954) is a Polish politician and journalist. He served as the President of Poland from 1995 to 2005. He was born in Białogard, and during communist rule, he was active in the Socialist Union of Pol ...

. In 2002, he was Civic Platform's candidate for president of Warsaw but failed to even get to the second round. Afterwards he began moving away from politics. He left the Civic Platform in July 2009 and started co-operating with the Democratic Party. He was one of the candidates in the

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, but got only 1.44% of votes and didn't get into the second round. *Director of Euronet, USA. *2005 functions ** Supervisory Boards of Citibank Handlowy and Europejski Fundusz Hipoteczny; **Senior Advisor, Central Europe Trust Polska; **Director, Studiam Generale Europa; **Chairman, Citizens for the Republic. **President of The Central European Forum *Activities **former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–95)of the Republic of Poland **former Minister of Finance (1992) of the Republic of Poland. **Chairman of the City Council in Wilanow (1994–98); **Economic Advisor to President Walesa (1992–93; 1995); **Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations (1991–92); **Deputy Governor, National Bank of Poland (1989–91); **Director of Department, Ministry of Foreign Economics Relations (1988–89) and National Bank of Poland (1987–88); **Economist, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (1985–87); **Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD, Geneva (1982–84); **Department Head, Foreign Trade Research Institute (1978–82). *Education **Central School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw (PhD, 1979) **Attended the

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, Geneva *Fellow of

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Andrzej Olechowski
{{DEFAULTSORT:Olechowski, Andrzej 1947 births Civic Platform politicians Living people Politicians from Kraków Finance Ministers of Poland Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Poland Polish United Workers' Party members Candidates in the 2000 Polish presidential election Candidates in the 2010 Polish presidential election Fellows of Collegium Invisibile Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni Polish Round Table Talks participants Political party founders