Zyta Gilowska
Minister of Finance
In office
10 September 2007 – 16 November 2007
Prime MinisterJarosław Kaczyński
Preceded byJarosław Kaczyński (Acting)
Succeeded byJan Vincent-Rostowski
In office
22 September 2006 – 7 September 2007
Prime MinisterJarosław Kaczyński
Preceded byStanisław Kluza
Succeeded byJarosław Kaczyński (Acting)
In office
7 January 2006 – 24 June 2006
Prime MinisterKazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Preceded byTeresa Lubińska
Succeeded byPaweł Wojciechowski
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
10 September 2007 – 16 November 2007
Prime MinisterJarosław Kaczyński
Preceded byPrzemysław Gosiewski
Succeeded byPrzemysław Gosiewski
In office
22 September 2006 – 7 September 2007
Prime MinisterJarosław Kaczyński
Preceded byRoman Giertych
Succeeded byPrzemysław Gosiewski
In office
7 January 2006 – 24 June 2006
Prime MinisterKazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Preceded byLudwik Dorn
Succeeded byRoman Giertych
Personal details
Born(1949-07-07)7 July 1949
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, Poland
Died5 April 2016(2016-04-05) (aged 66)
Świdnik, Poland
Political partyFreedom Union
Civic Platform
Alma materWarsaw University
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University

Zyta Janina Gilowska (née: Napolska) [ˈzɨta gʲiˈlɔfska] ⓘ (7 July 1949 – 5 April 2016[1]) was a Polish economist, academic, and politician.

Early life and education

Gilowska was born in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie on 7 July 1949.[2] In 1972, she graduated with a degree in Economics from Warsaw University.[3] In 1981, she received her PhD in Economics from Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin.[3]

Career

From 1972 to 1985, Gilowska was a research assistant at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University[3] and later at the same institute, become an associate professor from 1995 to 1999.[3] In 2001, she became full professor at the Catholic University of Lublin.[3] From 1994 to 1996, she was a member of the liberal party, Freedom Union (Unia Wolności).[3] She was the former vice chairman of the Civic Platform (Polish: Platforma Obywatelska) party; however, she left the party on 21 May 2005[3] 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.[2] 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.[3]

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.

Personal life

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 5th April 2016, aged 66, in Świdnik.[8][9]


References

  1. ↑ "Zyta Gilowska nie żyje. Tusk: "Odeszła jedna z najbardziej wyrazistych postaci polskiej polityki"" (in Polish). gazeta.pl. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Marek Jan Chodakiewicz (25 September 2006). "Zyta or "Beata": The Convoluted Case of Poland's Deputy Prime Minister". World Politics Review. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Zyta Gilowska, new Governor for Poland". European Investment Bank. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Polish minister fired in spy row". BBC. 23 June 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Judy Dempsey (10 June 2006). "Polish President to Appoint His Twin as Prime Minister". The New York Times. Berlin. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Poland Ministries". Rulers. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Gilowska odchodzi z Sejmu". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Zyta Gilowska prywatnie. Rodzina". polityka.se.pl. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  9. ↑ Staszewski, Wojciech (11 April 2016). "W najnowszym "Newsweeku": Zyta Gilowska - zabiła ją polityka". Newsweek (in Polish). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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