The new president of the Central Statistical Office: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Donald Tusk appointed on January 1, 2025 dr hab. Marek Cierpiał-Wolan for the position President of the Central Statistical Officeo” – we read in a statement on the website of the Central Statistical Office. He was nominated for this position by the head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Jan Grabiec.
Who is Marek Cierpiał-Wolan? Marek Cierpiał-Wolan has previously served as the director of the Statistical Office in Rzeszów. As emphasized in the announcement, he is valued expert in statistics and economics and author of over 150 scientific publications. He completed doctoral studies at the Warsaw School of Economics and habilitation at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin.
Foreign academic centers: New the head of the Central Statistical Office gave lectures and completed teaching and research internships in renowned academic centerssuch as Staffordshire University in the UK, the University of California at Berkeley or Kyung Hee University in South Korea. It is also editor-in-chief of the magazine “Wiadomości Statystyczne. The Polish Statistician” and a member of editorial teams of international scientific journals.
Statistics for the Green Deal: Marek Cierpiał-Wolan dealt with, among others, big data projects, digitization of national accounts and statistics for the Green Deal. He cooperated with The European Commission, the United Nations and the World Health Organizationamong others in developing the methodology for examining the health of refugees, recommended by the UN Statistical Commission.
What does the Central Statistical Office do? Central Statistical Office is central government administration officej dealing with, among others, collecting and sharing statistical information on most areas of public life, as well as some issues of private life. The President of the Central Statistical Office reports directly to the Prime Minister. Let us remind you that November 20 Donald Tusk dismissed the previous president, Dominik Rozkrut.
See also: What is it like? unemployment in Poland? Read more about this in the text titled: “Unemployment is up. The Central Statistical Office released the latest data”.
Sources: IAR, Central Statistical Office.