Magdalena Anna Kalisiak was born on 22 April 1974 in Warsaw, Poland.[2] She graduated from the faculty of law and administration at the University of Warsaw in 1998, and also completed postgraduate studies in European integration at the university's Centre for Europe in 2001.[3][5]
Career
Rzeczkowska worked at the Main Customs Office [pl] from 1998 to 2002.[3] She began working for the Ministry of Finance in 2002, eventually taking on a number of positions, including that of head of the customs department.[5]
She was involved in Poland's accession to the European Union, and was a drafter of the Customs Law Act.[5] She was also responsible for modernizing the customs service so that all customs declarations could be processed electronically.[5] In addition, she reformed the customs clearance process and implemented an electronic toll collection system.[5] She was awarded a badge of merit for her contributions to the customs service.[5]
During the European Union's efforts to implement a plan to set a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15 per cent, Poland was the only holdout, with Rzeczkowska voicing her concern that if the tax reallocation pillar of the plan failed, the global minimum tax itself could cause a decline of revenues in the country.[8][9][10]
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