POLISH CANDIDATE FOR THE POST OF SECRETARY-GENERAL

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1 POLISH CANDIDATE FOR THE POST OF SECRETARY-GENERAL NAME: Marek BELKA DATE OF BIRTH: January 9, 1952 LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, French, German and Russian MARITAL STATUS: Married, two children EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC CAREER: 1972 M.A.(Econ.), (economics of foreign trade), University of Łódź 1978 Ph.D.(Econ.), (doctorate in economics), University of Łódź, doctor s thesis: Contemporary Counter-Inflationary Policy in the United States Fulbright Scholarship at Columbia University (post-doctoral programme) American Council of Learned Societies Scholarship at the University of Chicago 1986 Ph.D.(Econ.), (habilitated doctorate in economics), University of Łódź, doctor s thesis: Socio-economic doctrine of Milton Friedman 1990 visiting scholar in the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London School of Economics) 1991 visiting scholar at Universität zu Köln (DAAD) 1994 Professor (economics) 1 1 Scientific degree conferred by the President of Poland 1

2 PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Institute of Economics, University of Łódź Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Head, Chair of Economic Theory Director Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Poland Feb 1997 Oct 1997 Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance Chief Economic Adviser to the President of Poland Oct 2001 Jul 2002 Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance Jun 2003 Mar 2004 Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, Iraq Jun 2003 Oct 2003 Chairman of the Council for International Coordination for Iraq (responsible for international aid co-ordination for reconstruction of Iraq) Oct 2003 Mar 2004 Director of Economic Policy (responsible for the preparation of economic reforms in Iraq) May 2004 Prime Minister of Poland OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: Adviser and Consultant to the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Ownership Transformations and Central Office of Planning Consultant to the World Bank (projects in Poland, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Uzbekistan, China) Vice-Chairman of the Council of Socio-Economic Strategy for Poland Adviser and consultant to the World Bank, IFC, UNCTAD Adviser to the Prime Minister of Albania Nov 2002 Jun 2003 Senior Adviser to JP Morgan for Central and Eastern Europe 2

3 OTHER RELEVANT ACTIVITIES: Chairman/member of supervisory boards of several Polish corporations (including several banks, LOT Polish Airlines) Member of International Advisory Boards (including ABN AMRO, Daimler Chrysler Polish-German Advisory Board) The Trilateral Commission (member) National Security Council of Poland (member) Polish Know-How Fund (vice-chairman) Polish-American Freedom Foundation, Warsaw (member of the Board of Directors) 3

4 SELECTED BOOKS AND ARTICLES: Marek Belka, Contemporary Capitalism s Inflation And Counter-inflationary Policy (Inflacja i polityka antyinflacyjna we współczesnym kapitalizmie), wyd. Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź, Marek Belka, Milton Friedman s socio-economic doctrine (Doktryna ekonomiczno-społeczna Miltona Friedmana), Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa, Marek Belka (ed.), Problems Of Contemporary Western Economic Thought (Niektóre problemy współczesnej zachodniej myśli ekonomicznej), Institute of Economics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Marek Belka, Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (eds.), Of Contemporary, Western Economic Thought Issues (Z problematyki współczesnej zachodniej myśli ekonomicznej), Institute of Economics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Marek Belka, Reagonomics: success or failure? (Reaganomika: sukces czy porażka?), Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wrocław, Warszawa (etc.), Marek Belka, Jerzy Lipiński (eds.), Political and economic challenges to social policy: the thirs Polish-British conference, Mądralin October 1990, Institute of Economics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Marek Belka (ed.), Developed Countries Economic Strategies (Ekonomiczne strategie krajów wysoko rozwiniętych), Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wrocław Warszawa (etc.), Marek Belka, Some microeconomic aspects of monetary policy in the Polish transition, , University of Birmingham. International Finance Group, Workshop on Financial Reform in Poland and the Evolution of a Single EC Banking Market held Birmingham (GB), 30 Apr -2 May 1992, Birmingham, 1992 Mullineux Andy, Belka Marek (ed.), Hardening micro budget constraints, bank behavior and corporate governance in Poland, University of Birmingham. International Finance Group, Birmingham, Marek Belka, Andrzej Wojtyna (ed.), Contemporary Keynesianism (Współczesny keynesizm), Studia i Materiały, No. 42, Institute of Economics Polish Academy of Sciences, "Poltext", Warszawa, Brian Pinto, Marek Belka and Stefan Krajewski, Transforming state enterprises in Poland: microeconomic evidence on adjustment, Washington, D C (1818 H St., NW, Washington 20433): Poland Resident Mission, Country Dept. II, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank, Marek Belka, et al., Country Overview Study: Poland, Eastern European Economics, Fall Marek Belka, Financial Restructuring of Banks and Enterprises in Poland, MOCT-MOST: Economic Policy in Transitional Economies, Marek Belka, Hans-Georg Petersen (ed.), Economic transformation in Poland. Reforms of institutional settings and macroeconomic performance, Campus, Frankfurt,

5 Marek Belka, et. al., Polish Transition European Integration Perspective: EU-monitoring (Polska transformacja w perspektywie integracji europejskiej: EU-monitoring), Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Warszawa, Jarosław Bauc, Marek Belka, Inflation in Poland (Inflacja w Polsce ), M. Belki (ed.), PBR, Warszawa, Marek Belka, Witold Trzeciakowski (eds.), Dynamics of Polish Economy Transition (Dynamika transformacji polskiej gospodarki) (2 Volumes), Institute of Economics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poltext, Warszawa, Marek Belka, et. al., The Polish transformation from the perspective of European integration: EU-monitoring, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Warszawa, Marek Belka, Poland and Brazil, cooperation perspectives (Polska i Brazylia, perspektywy współpracy), Conference: "Perspektywy gospodarki polskiej", Sao Paulo, November Marek Belka, Polish transition: how to avoid crash-landing?, Seminar: "Polish transition - exemplary success", London Business School, London, 5 December Marek Belka, Reform of social security in Poland, Seminar: "Privatisation of Social Security", Cato Institute, London, 9 December Marek Belka, Anna Krajewska and Stefan Krajewski, Corporate Governance and Economic Performance in Poland, Eastern European Economics, January - February Marek Belka and Anna Krajewska, The Polish Bank and Enterprise Restructuring Programme: Expectations and Reality, Economic performance and financial sector reform in Central and Eastern Europe: Capital flows, bank and enterprise restructuring, 1999, Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar; distributed by American International Distribution Corporation, Williston, Vt. First Decade of Independent Poland (Księga Dziesięciolecia Polski Niepodległej), Waldemar Kuczyński i Małgorzata Niezabitowska (eds.), Marek Belka (co-author, editor of the economic part), Fundacja Księgi Polski Niepodległej, United Publishing, Warszawa, Marek Belka, Lessons from the Polish transition, in Poland into the New Millennium, edited by George Blazyca and Ryszard Rapacki, Edward Elgar,