Marcin Święcicki

Marcin Święcicki
Minister for Foreign Economic Relations
In office
1989–1991
Prime MinisterTadeusz Mazowiecki
City mayor of Warsaw
In office
3 November 1994 – 30 March 1999
Personal details
Born (1947-04-17) 17 April 1947
Warsaw
Education
WebsiteŚwięcicki Blog

Marcin Święcicki (born 17 April 1947) is a Polish politician and economist. He is a former Deputy Minister of Economy, Minister for Foreign Economic Relations, two-term Mayor of Warsaw, OSCE Economic Coordinator and Business Ombudsman of Ukraine.

As of 2026 he serves as a member of the Polish High-Level Advisory Group on Ukraine[1] and an advisor on Ukraine's accession to the European Union to Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski.[2]

Early life and education

Święcicki was born in Warsaw on 17 April 1947.[3] He graduated from the University of Warsaw.[4] He attended George Washington University and Harvard University for postgraduate studies and received a PhD from George Washington University in economics.[3]

Career

Święcicki was the secretary general of the Consultative Economic Council from 1982 to 1989.[4] He served as deputy minister of economy and then minister for foreign economic relations from 1989 to 1991 in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki.[3][5] In 1989, he was also elected to the Parliament and served for two terms, from 1989 to 1991 and from 1993 to 1996.[6] He was the mayor of Warsaw between 1994 and 1999.[7] Then he served as an advisor to the President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus on economic reforms from 1999 to 2000.[3] He was the director of economic and environmental affairs at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) between February 2002 and 2005 [6][8] In 2011, he was again elected to the Parliament.[4]

He is the president of the support committee for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews[9] and president of the Polish chapter of European Movement International.[10]

Views and work

Although Święcicki was not a member of the Solidarity group, like other members of the Mazowiecki cabinet, he was acceptable to the group and had Solidarity-aligned economic views.[11]

Święcicki is the author of several books which mostly focus on economics.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Inauguracyjna wizyta polskich ekspertów ds. negocjacji akcesyjnych w Kijowie oraz konsultacje wiceministrów spraw zagranicznych Polski i Ukrainy" [The inaugural visit of Polish experts on accession negotiations to Kyiv and consultations between the deputy foreign ministers of Poland and Ukraine]. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Pędziwol, Aureliusz M. (12 April 2026). "Święcicki: UE potrzebuje odejścia od zasady jednomyślności" [Święcicki: The EU Needs to Move Away from the Unanimity Rule]. Deutsche Welle.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "O mnie". M. Święcicki Blog (in Polish). Archived from the original on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Józef Retinger – the Polish Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi". Pro Europa. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Ukraine at Crossroads" (PDF). Canada Ukraine Foundation. 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Speakers and moderators". Open Ukraine. 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ F. Stephen Larrabee. "Ukraine and Transatlantic Integration" (Book chapter). Center for Transatlantic Relations. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Secretariat - Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities". OSCE. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "The director of the Museum of the-History of Polish Jews resigned". Virtual Shtetl. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "Rucheuropejski Wladze". Virtual Shtetl. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  11. ↑ John Feffer (1992). Shock Waves: Eastern Europe after the Revolutions. Cambridge, MA: South End Press. ISBN 9781895431469.
  12. ↑ "Święcicki, Marcin". WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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