Former Deputy Minister Zyta Gilowska dies aged 67

Polish economist, former Finance Minister and deputy Prime Minister Zyta Gilowska has passed away aged 67. Gilowska was born in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie in 1949. In 1972 she graduated with a degree in economics, in 1981, she received a PhD and in 2001 she became full professor at the Catholic University of Lublin. In January 2006, she was appointed deputy prime minister and finance minister in the Law and Justice government under Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. Half a year later she was dismissed and reappointed in September by the new government led by Jarosław Kaczyński. In 2013, she resigned from being a member of the Monetary Policy Council due to health issues.