| Zyta Gilowska | |
| Office: | Minister of Finance |
| Primeminister: | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Successor: | Jan Vincent-Rostowski |
| Term Start: | 10 September 2007 |
| Term End: | 16 November 2007 |
| Primeminister1: | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Predecessor1: | Stanisław Kluza |
| Term Start1: | 22 September 2006 |
| Term End1: | 7 September 2007 |
| Primeminister2: | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz |
| Predecessor2: | Teresa Lubińska |
| Successor2: | Paweł Wojciechowski |
| Term Start2: | 7 January 2006 |
| Term End2: | 24 June 2006 |
| Office3: | Deputy Prime Minister |
| Primeminister3: | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Predecessor3: | Przemysław Gosiewski |
| Successor3: | Przemysław Gosiewski |
| Term Start3: | 10 September 2007 |
| Term End3: | 16 November 2007 |
| Primeminister4: | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Predecessor4: | Roman Giertych |
| Successor4: | Przemysław Gosiewski |
| Term Start4: | 22 September 2006 |
| Term End4: | 7 September 2007 |
| Primeminister5: | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz |
| Predecessor5: | Ludwik Dorn |
| Successor5: | Roman Giertych |
| Term Start5: | 7 January 2006 |
| Term End5: | 24 June 2006 |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, Poland |
| Party: | Freedom Union Civic Platform |
| Alma Mater: | Warsaw University Maria Curie-Sklodowska University |
| Nationality: | Polish |
Zyta Janina Gilowska (née: Napolska) (7 July 1949 – 5 April 2016[1]) was a Polish economist, academic, and politician.
Gilowska was born in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie on 7 July 1949. In 1972, she graduated with a degree in economics from Warsaw University.[2] In 1981, she received her PhD in economics from Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin.[2]
From 1972 to 1985, Gilowska was a research assistant at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University and later at the same institute, become an associate professor from 1995 to 1999. In 2001, she became full professor at the Catholic University of Lublin.[2] From 1994 to 1996, she was a member of the liberal party, Freedom Union (Unia Wolności).[2] She was the former vice chairman of the Civic Platform (pl|Platforma Obywatelska) party; however, she left the party on 21 May 2005[2] in protest over accusations by party colleagues of wrongdoing. From 2001 to 2005, she was a Sejm (the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament) deputy.
From 7 January to 23 June 2006, she was the deputy prime minister and finance minister in the Law and Justice government under Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.[3] She was dismissed due to allegations about her communist-era collaboration.[4] [5] Paweł Wojciechowski replaced her as finance minister.[4]
From 22 September 2006 to 16 November 2007, she again was deputy prime minister and finance minister.[6] In October 2006, Gilowska was made the head of Poland's financial supervisory authority and the European Investment Bank governor of Poland.[2]
She resigned from parliament in 2008 due to health issues, and largely withdrew from political activity.[7] Between February 2010 and October 2013, she was a member of the Monetary Policy Council, and in October 2015, President Andrzej Duda appointed her to the National Development Council.
She was married to Andrzej Gilowski, with whom she had a son, Paweł. A lifetime heavy smoker, she battled heart failure since her youth, dying of the disease on 5 April 2016, aged 66, in Świdnik.[8] [9]