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Janusz Lewandowski graduated in economics from Gdansk University, received a doctorate and was a lecturer there until 1984. Later he worked for Polish Oceanic Lines (Polskie Linie Oceaniczne). He was also a lecturer at Harvard University and the founder of the Research Institute for Market Economy in Gdansk (Instytut Badan nad Gospodarka Rynkowa w Gdansku).
He is an author of a book on famous liberals and he also writes short articles for several newspapers and magazines, including Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Wyborcza, Parkiet , Polityka , Wprost and Newsweek.
From 1980- 1989 he was an economics adviser to the SolidaritySolidarity ( Polish is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980, originally led by Lech Walesa. In the 1980s, it gathered a broad anti-communist social movement ranging from people associated with the Roman Catholic Church down to members anti-communist movement, and in 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day. he was one of the founders of the Liberal-Democratic Congress ( Kongres Liberalno-Demokratyczny). He was the Minister of Privatization in the cabinets of Jan Krzysztof Bielecki ( 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo- 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac) and Hanna SuchockaHanna Suchocka (born 25th October 1946) was a Polish political figure. She served as the prime minister of Poland between 1992 and 1993. Suchocka Suchocka, Hanna. ( 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi- 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic.). His major successes were the foundation of the Warsaw Stock Exchange and the mass privatization programme (Program Powszechnej Prywatyzacji).
He lost his parliamentary seat in the 1993 elections and worked as an international expert from 1994-1997. After the merger of KLD and Unia Demokratryczna in 1994 he become a member of Unia Wolnosci, and in 1997 member of Sejm representing UW. Together with Donald Tusk and other liberals he seceded from UW to form Platforma Obywatelska, and was elected an MP again in 2001. Since 2003 he was an observer in the European Parliament
In the European elections of 13th June 2004 he was a candidate of Platforma Obywatelska in constituency #1 Pomeranian Voivodship and received 79,879 votes (=20.17%, the best result in the region). On 23 July, 2004 he was elected chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Budgets.