Ryszard Waldemar Czerniawski (20 August 1952 – 31 August 2019)[1] was a Polish lawyer and economist. In 2000 he was awarded Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He died on 31 August 2019.[2][3]

Ryszard Czerniawski

Career edit

He studied law at the University of Warsaw and international trade at SGH Warsaw School of Economics. He worked as a journalist from 1976 to 1990, first at the Polish Press Agency and then at the weekly Prawo i Życie (Law and Life).[4] In 2008, he received a doctorate in law from Lazarski University and in 2015 habilitation from University of Białystok.[5]

Between 1990 and 1991 he was head of the Legal Department within the Capital Markets Development Division at the Ministry of Privatisation; and from 1991 until 1994 a Director of the Legal Department at the Warsaw Stock Exchange,[4] eventually becoming Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 1994, where he worked until June 2006.

From 1994 until 2006, Czerniawski was a member of the Supervisory Board of the National Depository for Securities, and between 1998 and 2001 served as the board's Chairman. In the period 2001–2003, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Centrum Giełdowe S.A. and the company's subsidiary Infogiełda SA.[4]

From 2012 to 2015 he was also vice-ombudsman[2].

Publications edit

He was the author of numerous publications on securities trading, including:

  • The first edition of Commentary on the Privatisation Act (1990),
  • Commentary on Commercial Companies' Code provisions relating to Joint Stock Companies (2001)
  • Commentary on the Bonds Act (2003).
  • Co-author of a commentary on the Securities Public Trading Act (1996, 2001, 2002)
  • Co-author of a guide for supervisory board members Between law and finance (2007).
  • Giełdy (Stock Markets) (1992)
  • Poradnik akcjonariusza (Shareholders' Handbook) (1991)
  • Statuty Giełdy Warszawskiej (Statutes of the Warsaw Stock Exchange) (1995)
  • The English edition of Statutes of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (1999)
  • Zarząd spółki akcyjnej (The Management Board of a Joint Stock Company) (2007).

References edit

  1. ^ "Zmarł Ryszard Czerniawski, były zastępca RPO". 2 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Zmarł Ryszard Czerniawski, były zastępca RPO". rpo.gov.pl (in Polish). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Ryszard Czerniawski" (in Polish). nekrologi.wyborcza.pl. 5 September 2019. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Ryszard Czerniawski nowym doradcą kancelarii (press release)". biznespolska.pl (in Polish). 14 September 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Ryszard Czerniawski". nauka-polska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 September 2019.

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