Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner Explained

Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner
Office:Minister of Finance
Primeminister:Jerzy Buzek
Successor:Marek Belka
Term Start:28 August 2001
Term End:19 October 2001
Birth Date:1942 4, df=y
Birth Place:Warszawa
Resting Place:Catholic Wilanów Cemetery
Party:Solidarity Electoral Action
Residence:Poland
Alma Mater:Warsaw School of Economics
Spouse:Krzysztof Trenkner (1942–2014)
Nationality:Polish

Halina Weronika Wasilewska-Trenkner (26 April 1942 – 15 November 2017)[1] [2] [3] was a Polish economist, academic, and finance minister.

Early life and education

Halina Weronika Wasilewska-Trenkner[4] was born in Warsaw on 26 April 1942. The secondary school certificate she acquired in Warsaw in General education liceum dedicated to Polish novelist and poet Narcyza Żmichowska, and subsequently she became a student of Warsaw School of Economics. Then in 1964, she graduated with a degree in economics from Warsaw School of Economics (in the Department of International Trade). In December 1973, she received her PhD degree in economics from Warsaw School of Economics (subject of the dissertation: "Socio-Economic Aspects of Emigration from Poland in 1960–1970").[5] [6]

Career

In 1964, she has been engaged as research assistant and then as adjunct professor at Statistics and Demography Department in Warsaw School of Economics. Next in 1974 she began working in the Secretariat of the Government Council (Commission) of Demography[7] at Planning Commission in the Council of Ministers.In 1975–1990 she was a Scientific Secretary of Demographic Sciences Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences, and from 1995 – she became a member of Polish National Council of Statistics.[6]

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 Council of Ministers. 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 Council of Ministers). 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 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva, Switzerland.From 1996 she ran a presidency of the supervisory board of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (Polish National Development Bank in Warsaw).

In 1995, Wasilewska-Trenkner was invited to Ministry of Finance. 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 Minister of Finance,[8] 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 Ministry of Finance responsible for Government budget. Simultaneously – a Government Plenipotentiary to Restructuring the public finance she has been appointed.

In 2004–2010 she was a member of Monetary Policy Council (2-nd tenure).[9] [10] In 2010, then president of National Bank of Poland Marek Belka invited her to perform the functions of his economic advisor.[11]

In 2004, Wasilewska-Trenkner was decorated with Commander (order) of Polonia Restituta.[12] Her death took place on 15 November 2017[3] in Grodzisk Mazowiecki hospital, and she was buried 22 November, in the Roman Catholic Wilanów Cemetery.[13] She recently lived in Owczarnia near Podkowa Leśna.She had two children: daughter and son.[6]

Her contribution in the range of demography, population policy and macroeconomic questions, particularly concerning dependences between demographic and economic problems is available in a number of books, papers and studies published in periodicals.[14] [15]

Selected works

Wasilewska-Trenkner was also an author of numerous publications in scientific periodicals, e.g. "Studia Demograficzne" ("Demographic Studies"), "Gospodarka Narodowa" ("National Economy"), "Zeszyty Naukowe WSB w Poznaniu" – "Scientific Issues of European University of Business in Poznań".

Bibliography

See also

Cabinet of Jerzy Buzek

External links

Notes and References

  1. See in Polish: http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/polityka_pieniezna/rada/2_kadencja/wasilewska-trenkner.html Retrieved 21 January 2018
  2. See in Polish: Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner, była minister finansów i członkini Rady Polityki Pieniężnej zmarła w środę po długiej chorobie – https://businessinsider.com.pl/wiadomosci/byla-minister-finansow-halina-wasilewska-trenkner-nie-zyje/j1st7ee Retrieved 23 January 2018
  3. See in Polish: http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/wydarzenia/artykuly/562644,nie-zyje-byla-minister-finansow-halina-wasilewska-trenkner.html Retrieved 23 January 2018
  4. Born Halina Weronika Wasilewska (26 April 1942), married to Krzysztof Trenkner (4 September 1971)
  5. Dissertation subject (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: List of persons who defended their PhD dissertations from Warsaw School of Economics between 1931 and 21 April 2015 – http://uczelnia.sgh.waw.pl/pl/muzeum/zbiory/doktorzy/Documents/SpisDoktoratow.xls
  6. http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/polityka_pieniezna/rada/2_kadencja/wasilewska-trenkner.html Wasilewska Trenkner
  7. See (in Polish) – her remembrance concerning the beginning of activity of the Government Commission of Demography in 1974 and the 1st UN World Demographic Congress in Bucharest (1974) – published in: "Rządowa Rada Ludnościowa – Biuletyn 54", Warszawa 2009, p. 25 – http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/bip/BIP_rrl_biuletyn54.pdf Retrieved 24 January 2018
  8. See (in Polish): http://www.mf.gov.pl/ministerstwo-finansow/minister/ministrowie-finansow (acc. 2018-01-29), see also (in German): https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article471389/Buzek-Stabilitaet-der-Staatsfinanzen-ist-nicht-in-Gefahr.html (acc. 2018-01-29)
  9. See in Polish: http://www.nbp.pl/home.aspx?f=/polityka_pieniezna/rada/2_kadencja/rada_2_kadencja.html
  10. See: Financial Statement of the National Bank of Poland – as at 31 December 2010, Warsaw, March 2011, p.6 – http://www.nbp.pl/en/statystyka/rachunkowosc/Financial_statements_NBP_2010.pdf Retrieved 24 January 2018
  11. https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/wiadomosci/artykul/znawczynie;budzetu;doradza;prezesowi;nbp,98,0,666722.html Money article
  12. See in Polish: http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WMP20050010006 and: http://www.infor.pl/akt-prawny/MPO.2005.001.0000006,postanowienie-prezydenta-rzeczypospolitej-polskiej-o-nadaniu-orderow.html (Acc.: 2018-01-23)
  13. See obituary in Gazeta Wyborcza daily of 20.11.2017 (in Polish): http://nekrologi.wyborcza.pl/0,11,,406475,Halina-Wasilewska---Trenkner-inne.html Retrieved 9 February 2018
  14. http://alpha.bn.org.pl/search~S5*pol?/aWasilewska/awasilewska/201%2C242%2C1847%2CB/exact&FF=awasilewska+trenkner+halina+++++1942+++++2017&1%2C30%2C/indexsort=- Retrieved 28 January 2018
  15. https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n86136388/ WorldCat Identities
  16. Dissertation 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

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