Jaroslav Romanchuk
Yaraslau Cheslavovich Ramanchuk (Template:Lang-be,Template:Lang-pl) (born January 10, 1966) is a Belarusian libertarian economist and politician of Polish origin.
He currently works as President of the Scientific Research Mises Center and is Deputy Chairman of the United Civil Party of Belarus.
Life and career
Ramanchuk was born into Polish family in Sapotskin, Hrodna voblast.
He graduated from the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages in 1991 and finished postgradual doctoral studies at the Belarusian State University. He later studied at various educational programmes abroad.
In 1994 Ramanchuk joined the liberal United Civil Party where he was advisor to Chairman of in 1996 - 2000. Since April 2000 Ramanchuk is Deputy Chairman of the party.[1]
From December 1995 till December 1996 Ramanchuk worked at the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus as a senior economist at the Commission for economic policy and reforms.
In 2002 the Mises Scientific Research Center was created at the Analytical Center «Strategy» in Minsk with the aim to promote liberal values and free market economy.
Yaraslau Ramanchuk has over 1000 publications on economic problems (pension reform, effectiveness of state poverty programs, comparative analysis of social economic models, crisis of welfare state in the West etc.) in various mass media.
He is the prize-winner of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation Sir Anthony Fisher Award 2006, winner of Templeton award 2006, 2007; winner of International Society for Individual Liberty Marshal Bruce Evoy award for promoting liberty in the world (2003).[2][3]
Ramanchuk is participant of numerous conferences both in Belarus and abroad, author of Concept of Pension Reform for Belarus, alternative Budget and Tax system for Belarus, Law on Privatization, law on social security and other pieces of legislation. Chairman of the working group on social economic program of joint democratic forces of the Republic of Belarus (2005 – 2008). Author of National Business Platform for business in Belarus 2006-2007, NBP-2008.
Publications
Books by Yaraslau Ramanchuk
- «Belarus: Choosing Economic Future» (in Russian) 1999,
- «Liberalism. Ideology of a happy person» (2007),[4][5]
- «In search of economic miracle. Lessons for Belarus» 2008
Books with Ramanchuk as co-author
- «Belarus: road to the future. Book for the parliament» (2005),
- «Business in Belarus. In circle One» (2006),
- «Economic Constitution for the Republic of Belarus» (2007)
External links
- Scientific Research Mises Center
- Jaroslav Romanchuk in World Security Network
- Jaroslav Romanchuk in Atlas Economic Research Foundation
- ROMANCHUK Jaroslav in United Civil Party
- Winners of the 2006 Fisher Awards
- Templeton Freedom Award Winners (2004-2007)
- An Interview with Jaroslav Romanchuk
- Why Totalitarian States Survive Nowadays — Jaroslav Romanchuk( text of Vilnius speech) by International Society for Individual Liberty.