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Marek Belka

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Marek Marian Belka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarɛk ˈbɛlka] ; born 9 January 1952 in Lódź) is a Polish professor of economics and politician who has served as Prime Minister of Poland and Finance Minister of Poland in two governments. He is a former director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) European Department and former Head of Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland). He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2024. In 1978–1979 and 1985–1986 he did scientific internships at Columbia University and the University of Chicago, and in 1990 - London School of Economics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marek Belka has received more than 156,947 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Marek Belka is the 12,509th most popular politician (up from 12,812th in 2019), the 803rd most popular biography from Poland (up from 849th in 2019) and the 187th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marek Belka ranks 12,509 out of 19,576Before him are John V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Trần Trọng Kim, Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, François Chabot, and Bill Richardson. After him are Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Artaxias I of Iberia, Paullus Fabius Maximus, Joseph Brant, Hannes Hafstein, and Ida of Bernicia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Marek Belka ranks 262Before him are Vanessa del Rio, Ricardo La Volpe, Vitaly Churkin, Ali Gomaa, Simon MacCorkindale, and Dennis Stratton. After him are C. George Boeree, CCH Pounder, Walter Isaacson, Essam Sharaf, Biyouna, and Karin Büttner-Janz.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Marek Belka ranks 803 out of 1,694Before him are Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), Stanisław Staszic (1755), Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), Johann Dzierzon (1811), Ida Siekmann (1902), and Joanna Pacuła (1957). After him are Hugo von Seeliger (1849), Boris Kaufman (1906), Max Gerson (1881), Leon Wyczółkowski (1852), Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (1922), and Andrzej Bartkowiak (1950).

Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Marek Belka ranks 187Before him are Rudolf Ramek (1881), Kazimierz Sabbat (1913), Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1909), Haroun Tazieff (1914), Władysław Grabski (1874), and Erika Steinbach (1943). After him are Andrzej Bartkowiak (1950), Wojciech Korfanty (1873), Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg (1761), Rainer Barzel (1924), Andrzej Lepper (1954), and Józef Bilczewski (1860).