Magdalena Rzeczkowska

Magdalena Rzeczkowska (née Kalisiak; born 22 April 1974) is a Polish politician who has been serving as Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in his second cabinet since 26 April 2022.[3][4] Having been employed in the ministry since 2002, she had been serving as one of its secretaries of state since 2020, and was simultaneously serving as head of the National Revenue Administration, Poland's revenue service, and held the rank of a brigadier general of the Tax and Customs Service, at the time she was appointed Minister of Finance.[3][2][5][6]

Magdalena Rzeczkowska
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
26 April 2022
Prime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki
Preceded byTadeusz Kościński[1]
Personal details
Born (1974-04-22) 22 April 1974[2]
Warsaw, Poland[2]
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw[3]

Early life and education

Magdalena Anna Kalisiak was born on 22 April 1974 in Warsaw, Poland.[2] She graduated from the faculty of law and administration at the University of Warsaw in 1998, and also completed postgraduate studies in European integration at the university's Centre for Europe in 2001.[3][5]

Career

Rzeczkowska worked at the Main Customs Office from 1998 to 2002.[3] She began working for the Ministry of Finance in 2002, eventually taking on a number of positions, including that of head of the customs department.[5]

She was involved in Poland's accession to the European Union, and was a drafter of the Customs Law Act.[5] She was also responsible for modernizing the customs service so that all customs declarations could be processed electronically.[5] In addition, she reformed the customs clearance process and implemented an electronic toll collection system.[5] She was awarded a badge of merit for her contributions to the customs service.[5]

Rzeczkowska was appointed to be a secretary of state of the ministry on 3 March 2020.[2] She was also serving as head of the National Revenue Administration, Poland's revenue service, when President Andrzej Duda appointed her Minister of Finance.[3][5][4][6] She succeeded Tadeusz Kościński, who had resigned due to issues with a new tax system.[7][lower-alpha 1]

During the European Union's efforts to implement a plan to set a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15 per cent, Poland was the only holdout, with Rzeczkowska voicing her concern that if the tax reallocation pillar of the plan failed, the global minimum tax itself could cause a decline of revenues in the country.[8][9][10]

Other activities

Personal life

Rzeczkowska is married and has three sons.[3]

Notes
  1. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was acting finance minister until Rzeczkowska was appointed.[7][1]

References
  1. "Ministrowie finansów - Ministerstwo Finansów - Portal Gov.pl". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022.
  2. "Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022.
  3. "Magdalena Rzeczkowska - Ministry of Finance - Gov.pl website". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022.
  4. "Magdalena Rzeczkowska nowym ministrem finansów \ Aktualności \ Nomina…". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022.
  5. "Magdalena Rzeczkowska - the Chancellery of the Prime Minister - Gov.p…". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022.
  6. "Premier: Nowym ministrem finansów będzie Magdalena Rzeczkowska (Sylwe…". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022.
  7. "Polish finance minister resigns as new tax system stumbles | AP News". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022.
  8. "Poland blocks EU compromise on global minimum corporate tax deal | Re…". Archived from the original on 7 April 2022.
  9. "Yellen reaches no breakthrough in Poland tax talks, says more work ne…". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022.
  10. "READOUT: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen's Meetings in…". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022.
  11. Board of Governors International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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