InIt is clear that Jacek Kurski feels good in his new role as Poland’s representative at the World Bank. On Tuesday, the former boss of TVP appeared alongside Adam Glapiński, taking part in a meeting with the president of the National Bank of Ukraine.
- On December 20, President Adam Glapiński met his Ukrainian counterpart at the National Bank of Poland
- The meeting was also attended by former TVP President Jacek Kurski
- Since early December, Kurski has been Deputy Executive Director of the World Bank
Kurski in a meeting at the NBP
On Tuesday, the president met in Warsaw NAP Adam Glapinski and President of the National Bank of Ukraine Andriy Pyshnyi. According to the Polish central bank, the theme of the meeting was “close bilateral cooperation between banks and the prospects for its further development, including on the international scene”. As the RBA press release points out, from the start war in ukraine he supports the NBU “and is ready to continue helping”.
However, this meeting attracted special attention because of its other participants. He was among the representatives of the Polish side Jacek Kurski. The former president of Telewizja Polska performed there in his new role: Deputy Executive Director at the World Bank. Next to him, another familiar face appears in the photos: the director of the cabinet of the president of the RBA Kamila Sukiennikwhose education and high salary caused considerable controversy at the time.
Jacek Kurski at the World Bank
In early December, the NBP reported that President Adam Glapinski named Jacek Kurski for a prestigious post Deputy Executive Director at the World Bank. This news came after many months of speculation about the fate of the longtime TVP chairman.
“I confirm: I took the compliant my education and experience management working as deputy executive director at the World Bank, aware that this means renouncing certain public activities or political ambitions. I always thought there was no life outside of politics. Well it is. I know I’ll do good service here too,” Jacek Kurski wrote on Twitter minutes after the NBP announcement was posted.
“I was surprised by this information. It means that Jacek Kurski does not believe in the victory of the united right. Everyone expected Kurski to play an important role in the election campaign. I think he gave a scraper. For this government, skills are a quaternary matter – he commented on this staffing decision in an interview with naTemat.pl Marek Belkaformer Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Bank of Poland in 2011-2015.
Adam Glapiński himself also commented on Kurski’s appointment at the monthly conference after the Monetary Policy Council meeting.
– All I can say is that we have written everything on our website, but you must Jacek Kurski responds with a huge surplus to all the requirements of people representing Poland, the Polish financial world in international institutions and could hold much higher positionsmeets all the criteria.
