Mariusz Krukowski will be Poland’s new representative to the World Bank, replacing Jacek Kurski.
Krukowski is a long-time civil servant and diplomat, and is currently chief adviser at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. His appointment in Washington has already been signed by Finance Minister Andrzej Domański. Business Insider Polska writes about his promotion.
“The change in Poland’s representation in the World Bank was one of the first decisions of the new government of Donald Tusk. Until now, the cards in this international financial institution were dealt by the President of the National Bank of Poland, Adam Glapiński. On a recommendation, former TVP president and politician Jacek Kurski came to Washington and took the position of deputy executive director at the bank. Now Andrzej Domański is the governor of the institute in Washington and it is he who decides who will fight for our interests at the World Bank,” we read in the article.
Let us not forget that the Minister of Finance, Andrzej Domański, announced at the end of December that the World Bank had confirmed the end of cooperation with Jacek Kurski and Kacper Jakub Kamiński.
Who is Krukowski?
According to Business Insider, the fact that Poland sent a politician to Washington without much experience and knowledge about the needs of not only the government, but also the countries whose interests we represent, was poorly perceived by the World Bank. Kurski ended up there in December 2022 thanks to NBP President Adam Glapiński.
Now the head of the Ministry of Finance has decided that we will elect an official with many years of experience in diplomacy and international financial institutions, it was explained.
The new representative to the World Bank graduated in international relations from the University of Lodz and the National School of Public Administration. In 2007-2008 he worked at the Ministry of Finance in the European Union department. He later joined the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU as an advisor. During our EU Presidency in the second half of 2011, he chaired the Committee on Budgets. Later he went to the office of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Brussels. Last August, he moved to the EU bank’s headquarters in Luxembourg, where he took up the position of chief advisor. His duties included: coordinating the EIB’s strategy towards Russia and China and supporting the bank’s assistance to Ukraine.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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