The information about his departure was confirmed by the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Marcin Bosacki.
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“Andrzej Olechowski died tonight. Great Loss” – informed Marcin Bosacki in an interview with the Polish Press Agency.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk also said goodbye to Andrzej Olechowski. “Andrzej Olechowski, a politician, diplomat, one of the “three tenors” of the Civic Platform, has passed away. May he rest in peace“- wrote the Prime Minister on the X platform.
Between finance and diplomacy. Who was Andrzej Olechowski?
Andrzej Olechowski was born on September 9, 1947 in Kraków. His political career coincided with the key years of political transformation, in which he played an important role as an expert and state official.
In 1992, he headed the Ministry of Finance in the government of Jan Olszewski, and in the years 1993–1995 he headed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Waldemar Pawlak's cabinet.
For many Poles, however, he will be remembered as one of the “three tenors”. In 2001, together with Donald Tusk and Maciej Płażyński, he co-founded the Civic Platform, giving it its initial, centrist-liberal direction. He also ran for the highest office in the country twice, in 2000 and 2010, as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Poland.
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Olechowski was also active in the world of finance. He was a co-founder of Bank Millennium and also cooperated with the Business Center Club. In the years 1991–1996, 1998–2000 and 2012–2021, he was the chairman of the supervisory board of Bank Handlowy in Warsaw. He also served on various advisory boards of foreign companies.
Apart from his strictly political activities, Andrzej Olechowski was a valued teacher and theoretician. He shared his knowledge with students of universities such as the Jagiellonian University, the Academy of Catholic Theology and Collegium Civitas. He left behind numerous scientific and expert publications in which he analyzed the intricacies of the market economy and the challenges facing Polish foreign policy.
