Central bank chief death unlikely to affect policy

Article reports that the death of Slawomir Skrzypek, the President of Poland's central bank, in a plane crash on the 10 April 2010, that also killed the country's president and many other senior officials, is unlikely to have an immediate impact on the functioning of the bank and on the country's monetary policy.

ESO: Background information: Polish president killed in plane crash http://www.europeansources.info/record/plane-crashes-in-smolensk-killing-polish-president-and-95-others/

ESO: Background information: Poland alters stance on euro http://www.europeansources.info/record/poland-alters-stance-on-euro/

ESO: Background information: Concern as Kaczynskis' trusted allies given top jobs http://www.europeansources.info/record/concern-as-kaczynskis-trusted-allies-given-top-jobs/

Website: National Bank of Poland http://www.nbp.pl/Homen.aspx?f=en/onbp/informacje/funkcje_banku_centralnego.html

Poland: NBP: Press Release, 10.4.10: Communique of the National Bank of Poland http://www.nbp.pl/homen.aspx?f=/en/aktualnosci/2010/2010_04_10_comm.html

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