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Polish politician (born 1951)

Jacek Rostowski Rostowski in 2020 Deputy Prime Minister of Poland In office 25 February 2013 – 27 November 2013 President Bronisław Komorowski Prime Minister Donald Tusk Preceded by Grzegorz Schetyna (2009) Succeeded by Elżbieta Bieńkowska Minister of Finance In office 16 November 2007 – 27 November 2013 President Lech Kaczyński Bronisław Komorowski (Acting) Bogdan Borusewicz (Acting) Grzegorz Schetyna (Acting) Bronisław Komorowski Prime Minister Donald Tusk Preceded by Zyta Gilowska Succeeded by Mateusz Szczurek Personal details Born (1951-04-30) 30 April 1951 (age 75) London, United Kingdom Party Civic Platform Change UK – The Independent Group (2019) Spouse Wanda Rostowska Alma mater University College London London School of Economics

**Jan Anthony Vincent-Rostowski**, also known as **Jacek Rostowski** (Polish pronunciation: [\[ˈjan ˈvint͡sɛnt rɔsˈtɔfskʲi\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish); born 30 April 1951, [London](/source/London)), is a [Polish](/source/Polish_people)-[British](/source/British_people)[1] economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of [Poland](/source/Poland).

He was a candidate for [Change UK](/source/Change_UK) in [London](/source/London_(European_Parliament_constituency)) at the [2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom](/source/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom).[2]

## Early life and education

Jan Vincent-Rostowski was born into a Polish-Jewish exile family in [London](/source/London). During the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) his father, Roman Rostowski, served as personal Secretary to [Tomasz Arciszewski](/source/Tomasz_Arciszewski), Prime Minister of the [Polish government-in-exile](/source/Polish_government-in-exile) and did not return to Poland after the war. In the 1950s, Roman Rostowski worked for the British [Foreign and Commonwealth Office](/source/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office) with postings to Kenya, Mauritius and the Seychelles where Jacek Rostowski spent much of his childhood.[3] Jan's grandfather was Jakub Rothfeld (who left Judaism, changed his surname to Rostowski and regarded himself as a [Pole](/source/Polish_people)), a professor of [neurology](/source/Neurology) at the [John Casimir University](/source/John_Casimir_University) in [Lwów](/source/Lw%C3%B3w).[4]

Jan Vincent-Rostowski attended [Westminster School](/source/Westminster_School) in London, followed by undergraduate and postgraduate studies at [University College London](/source/University_College_London) (UCL) and the [London School of Economics](/source/London_School_of_Economics) (LSE).[3]

- 1972: Bachelor of Science – International Relations, University College London

- 1973: [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts) – Economy and History, University College London

- 1975: [Master of Science](/source/Master_of_Science) – Economics, [London School of Economics and Political Science](/source/London_School_of_Economics_and_Political_Science)

## Career

Jan Vincent-Rostowski was a lecturer at [Kingston University](/source/Kingston_University) (former Kingston Polytechnic), then from 1988 to 1995 at the [UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies](/source/UCL_School_of_Slavonic_and_East_European_Studies), [University of London](/source/University_of_London).[5] From 1992 to 1995, he also worked concurrently at the Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.[6]

During this time, together with [Ljubo Sirc](/source/Ljubo_Sirc), Vincent-Rostowski co-edited the academic journal, *Communist Economies* (later known as *Communist Economies & Economic Transformation* and *[Post-Communist Economies](/source/Post-Communist_Economies)*).

During the early 1980s, he was active (together with his wife Wanda Kościa) in the [Polish Solidarity Campaign](/source/Polish_Solidarity_Campaign), a [Solidarity](/source/Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union)) support group based in London. From 1989 to 1991, during Poland's transition following the fall of communism, Vincent-Rostowski was an advisor to the Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, [Leszek Balcerowicz](/source/Leszek_Balcerowicz).[6]

In the early 1990s, Vincent-Rostowski also advised the Russian Federation on macroeconomic policy. In 1991, he co-founded the Warsaw-based Centre for Social and Economic Analysis (CASE), a think-tank designed to assist Europe’s newly independent nations during the transition to capitalism.[7] He was also a member of the Foundation's Council (he resigned from this post when he was nominated as Minister of Finance).

Since 1995, he has been Professor of Economics and was the head of the Department of Economics at the [Central European University](/source/Central_European_University) in Budapest during the periods: 1995–2000 and 2005–2006.[8]

From 1997 to 2000, Vincent-Rostowski was Chairman of the Macro-Economic Policy Council at the Polish Ministry of Finance.[9]

From 2002 to 2004, he was an Economic Adviser to the [National Bank of Poland](/source/National_Bank_of_Poland).[10]

In 2004, Vincent-Rostowski was appointed Economic Adviser to [Bank Pekao](/source/Bank_Pekao). He left this post in November 2007.[8]

### Minister of Finance, 2007–2013

Vincent-Rostowski joined the Cabinet of Premier [Donald Tusk](/source/Donald_Tusk) on 16 November 2007, and served as [Minister of Finance of Poland](/source/Minister_of_Finance_of_Poland) until November 2013.[11] He was named European Finance Minister of the Year in 2009 by *[The Banker](/source/The_Banker)* magazine.[12] In November 2012, Rostowski was cited by the *[Financial Times](/source/Financial_Times)* as the third best finance minister in Europe.

During his six-year tenure at the ministry, Rostowski oversaw an overhaul of the public finance sector, including a cap on spending growth and a decision to redeem sovereign bonds held by privately managed pension fund companies, a move that drew criticism from the fund companies and some economists.[13] As part of a cabinet shuffle in late 2013, Tusk replaced Rostowski with [Mateusz Szczurek](/source/Mateusz_Szczurek).[13]

### Later career

Rostowski was a member of Britain's [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)). In the beginning of 2010, it was announced that two months prior[14] he has become member of the [Civic Platform](/source/Civic_Platform) party (PO). In the wake of the Parliamentary Elections of 2011, he became Member of Parliament, being elected from the list of Civic Platform Party (PO).[15]

In late 2015, [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Poland) [Ewa Kopacz](/source/Ewa_Kopacz) appointed Rostowski as her top political adviser.[16]

In January 2025, he became acting head of the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development](/source/OECD).[17]

Vincent-Rostowski has published around 40 academic papers on European enlargement, monetary policy, currency policy and the transformation of post communist economies. He is the author of academic books including *Macroeconomic Instability in Post-Communist Countries* published by [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press).

## Political views

Rostowski is a believer in free markets, as well as a fiscal conservative. On social matters, he previously opposed [in-vitro fertilisation](/source/In_vitro_fertilization), abortion and same-sex civil unions.[18] In the run-up to the 2019 European Parliament election, he stated that his opinions on such matters have changed.[19][20]

Rostowski supports Poland's joining the [Eurozone](/source/Eurozone), but in the wake of the European sovereign debt crisis, he advocates waiting until "the Euro has become safe to join".[21]

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["JanVincent-Rostowski on Twitter: "Kandyduję do Parlamentu Europejskiego z Londynu z 2 miejsca na liście pro-Europejskiej i anty-brexitowskiej partii Change UK. Jeśli zostanę wybrany będę reprezentował wszystkich obywateli europejskich w Londynie, po pierwsze Brytyjczyków ale także Polaków, Francuzów Hiszpanów itd""](https://twitter.com/janrostowski/status/1120629998279430144). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190524085325/https://twitter.com/janrostowski/status/1120629998279430144) from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Jakub Rothfeld (później Rostowski)"](http://www.ipsb.nina.gov.pl/a/biografia/jakub-rothfeld-pozniej-rostowski). *Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny* (in Polish). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190506145619/https://www.ipsb.nina.gov.pl/a/biografia/jakub-rothfeld-pozniej-rostowski) from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-eib.org_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-eib.org_8-1) ["Jacek Rostowski, new Governor for Poland"](https://www.eib.org/en/press/news/jacek-rostowski-new-governor-for-poland.htm). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190928130512/https://www.eib.org/en/press/news/jacek-rostowski-new-governor-for-poland.htm) from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Jacek Rostowski: Wstępuję do PO - jak się jest ministrem, to się należy do partii"](http://www.rmf24.pl/tylko-w-rmf24/wywiady/news-jacek-rostowski-wstepuje-do-po-jak-sie-jest-ministrem-to,nId,207091) [Jacek Rostowski: ascending to PO – As a Minister, he belongs to the party] (in Polish). rmf24.pl. 6 January 2010. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120229140915/http://www.rmf24.pl/tylko-w-rmf24/wywiady/news-jacek-rostowski-wstepuje-do-po-jak-sie-jest-ministrem-to,nId,207091) from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-Business_Insider_19-0)** Colson, Thomas (29 April 2019). ["Change UK's Jan Rostowski: How Poland's former deputy prime minister is planning to stop Brexit"](https://www.businessinsider.com/change-uk-jan-rostowski-why-i-fear-nigel-farage-will-become-prime-minister-2019-4?r=US&IR=T). *[Business Insider](/source/Business_Insider)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190528182317/https://www.businessinsider.com/change-uk-jan-rostowski-why-i-fear-nigel-farage-will-become-prime-minister-2019-4?r=US&IR=T) from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Queer_PL_20-0)** ["Związki partnerskie, aborcja i in vitro: Rostowski zmienił poglądy przed wyborami do PE?"](https://queer.pl/news/202726/zwiazki-partnerskie-aborcja-i-in-vitro-rostowski-zmienil-poglady-przed-wyborami-do-pe) [Partnerships, abortion and in vitro: Rostowski changed his views before the elections to the European Parliament?] (in Polish). 25 April 2019. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190507002420/https://queer.pl/news/202726/zwiazki-partnerskie-aborcja-i-in-vitro-rostowski-zmienil-poglady-przed-wyborami-do-pe) from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** Jacek Rostowski (2 February 2012). [*Hard Talk*](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bfq6y) (News interview). [BBC News](/source/BBC_News).

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Political offices Preceded by Zyta Gilowska Minister of Finance 2007–2013 Succeeded by Mateusz Szczurek

v t e The First Cabinet of Donald Tusk Original members Elżbieta Bieńkowska Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski Zbigniew Derdziuk Mirosław Drzewiecki Jolanta Fedak Cezary Grabarczyk Aleksander Grad Katarzyna Hall Bogdan Klich Ewa Kopacz Barbara Kudrycka Maciej Nowicki Waldemar Pawlak Jacek Rostowski Marek Sawicki Grzegorz Schetyna Radosław Sikorski Donald Tusk Bogdan Zdrojewski Joined later Michał Boni Andrzej Czuma Adam Giersz Krzysztof Kwiatkowski Jerzy Miller Andrzej Kraszewski Tomasz Siemoniak

v t e The Second Cabinet of Donald Tusk Original members Tomasz Arabski Bartosz Arłukowicz Elżbieta Bieńkowska Michał Boni Mikołaj Budzanowski Jacek Cichocki Jarosław Gowin Marcin Korolec Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Barbara Kudrycka Waldemar Pawlak Joanna Mucha Sławomir Nowak Jacek Rostowski Marek Sawicki Tomasz Siemoniak Radosław Sikorski Krystyna Szumilas Donald Tusk Bogdan Zdrojewski Joined later Andrzej Biernat Marek Biernacki Maciej Grabowski Stanisław Kalemba Włodzimierz Karpiński Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska Lena Kolarska-Bobińska Małgorzata Omilanowska Janusz Piechociński Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz Mateusz Szczurek

v t e Ministers of finance of Poland 3rd Republic of Poland (since 1989) Leszek Balcerowicz Karol Lutkowski Andrzej Olechowski Jerzy Osiatyński Marek Borowski Grzegorz Kołodko Marek Belka Leszek Balcerowicz Jarosław Bauc Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner Marek Belka Grzegorz Kołodko Andrzej Raczko Mirosław Gronicki Teresa Lubińska Zyta Gilowska Paweł Wojciechowski Stanisław Kluza Zyta Gilowska Jacek Rostowski Mateusz Szczurek Paweł Szałamacha Mateusz Morawiecki Teresa Czerwińska Marian Banaś Tadeusz Kościński Magdalena Rzeczkowska Andrzej Kosztowniak Andrzej Domański

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