Poland's central bank governor Slawomir Skrzypek was among 96 people killed in a plane crash in Russia on Saturday, along with President Lech Kaczynski.
Here are some facts on Skrzypek:
As Governor:
- He was appointed on January 10, 2007 by President Lech Kaczynski, a founder of the main opposition party Law and Justice.
- Skrzypek said in March the central bank should consider tightening interest rates given its projection for inflation over the next two years, after previously being seen as a supporter of relatively loose policy. His comments strengthened the zloty to a 14-month high.
- Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Kaczynski's rival, this week urged the governor and the management board of the central bank to reach a compromise in their row with members of the Monetary Policy Council.
- Skrzypek disagreed with a majority of MPC members over the amount of profit made by the bank last year. Under Polish law, 95 percent of the profits must be paid into state coffers.
Life details:
- Skrzypek was born in 1963 and studied at Gliwice Technical University and Warsaw's Economic University. He also had an MBA from Wisconsin University Lacrosse.
- In the 1990s he worked for the state supreme audit office under Kaczynski and went on to serve as deputy mayor when Kaczynski was Warsaw mayor from 2002 to 2005.
- He launched collaboration between the authorities of Warsaw and the European Investment Bank, the Council of Europe Development Bank and leading international banks worldwide.
- Shortly after their victory in the 2005 general elections, the conservatives appointed Skrzypek to the board of the state-owned PKO BP bank.
