Dariusz Rosati (born August 8, 1946 in Radom) is a Polish professor of economics, politician and member of the European Parliament (elected on 13 June 2004).

Biography

Dariusz Rosati is a graduate of international trade from Szkola Głowna Handlowa (SGH, former SGPPiS) in Warsaw and a professor of economics.

In the 1980s he was a member of Polish United Workers Party (PZPR) and an economic adviser to Mieczysław Rakowski's government, the last communist regime in Poland. In the 1990s he was a supporter (but not a member) of the post-communist parties, first Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), and today Social Democracy of Poland (SDPL).

Dariusz Rosati was a co-founder and director of the World Economy Institute (Instytutu Gospodarki Światowej) and the Institute of Economic Situations and Prices (Instytut Koniunktur i Cen) in SGPiS (today SGH). He worked as an expert in various international organizations, indluding the economic commission of the United Nations in Geneva and an adviser to the Chairman of the European Commission in Brussels.

He was the minister of foreign affairs in the governments of Józef Oleksy and Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (both SLD), and recently he was a member of the Polish Council of Monetary Policies (Rada Polityki Pieniężnej) - in 2001 he threatened to sue his boss, Leszek Balcerowicz, the Polish National Bank president for a salary increase from 25,800 zł to 35,000 zloties. He is the author of numerous publications on the European integration and the rector of Lazarski Higher School of Trade and Law in Warszaw (Wyższa Szkoła Handlu i Prawa im. Łazarskiego w Warszawie).

In the European elections of 13th June 2004 he was a candidate of Socialdemocracy of Poland (SDPL) in constituency #4 Warsaw and received 76,834 votes (11.94%).

See also

• European Parliament Election, 2004 (Poland)

External links

• http://www.rosati.pl