[2] From 1992 and 1998, Pazarbasioglu was an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), providing technical assistance to the Czech Republic, Poland, Turkey, Ghana, Korea, Thailand, Russia, and some of the component states of the CIS.
[2] From July 2001 to June 2003, Pazarbasioglu was vice president of the Banking Regulatory and Supervisory Agency of Turkey.
[2] From October 2008[3] till December 2009[1] Pazarbasioglu was the Chief of the International Montetary Fund's mission to Ukraine.
[1] As a result of the 2008–2009 Ukrainian financial crisis the IMF approved a $16.4bn loan to Ukraine to bolster its economy in November 2008.
[8] The law was submitted by the Bloc of Lytvyn and supported by the Party of Regions of fellow presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych.