Jaroslav Romanchuk ( be, Ярасла́ў Чэсла́вавіч Раманчу́к; born January 10, 1966) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

ian libertarian economist and politician. He currently works as President of the Scientific Research Mises Center.

Life and career

Romanchuk was born into a

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family in Sapotskin,

Grodno Region Grodno Region ( pl, Grodzieńszczyzna) or Grodno Oblast or Hrodna Voblasts ( be, Гродзенская вобласць, ''Hrodzienskaja vobłasć'', , ''Haradzienščyna''; russian: Гродненская область, ''Grodnenskaya oblast' ...

. He graduated from the

Minsk State Linguistic University Minsk State Linguistic University (MSLU; '', МДЛУ'') is a public university in Minsk, Belarus. It specializes in language education and offers courses in 18 foreign languages including English, German, French, Spanish, etc., as well as trainin ...

in 1991 and finished postgraduate doctoral studies at the

Belarusian State University Belarusian State University (BSU) ( be, links=no, Белару́скі дзяржа́ўны ўніверсітэ́т, ; russian: links=no, Белору́сский госуда́рственный университе́т) is a university in Mins ...

. He later studied at various educational programmes abroad. In 1994 Romanchuk joined the liberal conservative United Civil Party where he was advisor to Chairman of in 1996–2000. Since April 2000 Romanchuk is Deputy Chairman of the party. From December 1995 till December 1996 Romanchuk worked at the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus as a senior economist at the Commission for economic policy and reforms. In 2002 the Mises Scientific Research Center was created at the Analytical Center «Strategy» in Minsk with the aim to promote liberal values and free market economy. Jaroslav Romanchuk has over 1000 publications on economic problems (pension reform, effectiveness of state poverty programs, comparative analysis of social economic models, crisis of welfare state in the West etc.) in various mass media. He is the prize-winner of the

Atlas Network Atlas Network, formerly known as the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, is a non-governmental 501(c)(3) organization based in the United States that provides training, networking and grants for libertarian, free-market, and conservative groups ...

Sir Anthony Fisher Award 2006, winner of Templeton award 2006, 2007; winner of International Society for Individual Liberty Marshal Bruce Evoy award for promoting liberty in the world (2003). Romanchuk is participant of numerous conferences both in Belarus and abroad, author of Concept of Pension Reform for Belarus, alternative Budget and Tax system for Belarus, Law on Privatization, law on social security and other pieces of legislation. Chairman of the working group on social economic program of joint democratic forces of the Republic of Belarus (2005–2008). Author of National Business Platform for business in Belarus (2006-2007), NBP-2008.

Publications

Books by Romanchuk

* ''Belarus: Choosing Economic Future'' (in Russian) 1999, * ''Liberalism. Ideology of a happy person'' (2007), * ''In search of economic miracle. Lessons for Belarus'' 2008

Books with Romanchuk as co-author

''Belarus: road to the future. Book for the parliament''
(2005), * ''Business in Belarus. In circle One'' (2006)
''Economic Constitution for the Republic of Belarus''
(2007)

References

External links

Scientific Research Mises Center

Jaroslav Romanchuk in World Security Network

Jaroslav Romanchuk in Atlas Network

ROMANCHUK Jaroslav in United Civil Party

Winners of the 2006 Fisher Awards

Templeton Freedom Award Winners (2004-2007)

by International Society for Individual Liberty. {{DEFAULTSORT:Romanchuk, Jaroslav 1966 births Living people People from Hrodna District Belarusian scientists Belarusian economists Belarusian libertarians Austrian School economists Belarusian people of Polish descent Soviet people of Polish descent United Civic Party of Belarus politicians Candidates in the 2010 Belarusian presidential election