Bogdan Golik

Bogdan Golik (born on 19 March 1963 in Wrocław)is a Polish politician and
Member of the European Parliament for LDwith the Self-Defense and sits on the
European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Before elected to the European Parliament, he was animal doctor and business advisor.

Initially, he was a non-attached like the other members of his party, but on 1st December 2004, he joined [http://www.socialistgroup.org/gpes/servlet/Main/EventDetail~2?_wcs=true&id_event=570&lg=en] the Socialist Group together with Wiesław Kuc.

He is also a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

Allegations of rape, removal of immunity

In December 2005 Golik was accused of raping a Brussels prostitute. According to the prostitute Golik forced her to have unprotected sex. Golik claims that he is the victim of a conspiracy. He said the incident is just a provocation resulting from, among the others, actions undertaken by him against the Russia to Germany gas pipeline. The leader of his political party, Andrew Lepper, spoke in support of Golik and asked journalists "How can you rape a prostitute?" Despite these ringing words of support in September 2006, the Belgian prosecutor’s office asked the European Parliament to strip Golik of his immunity in order to examine him. On October 3, the Legal Commission of the European Parliament made a decision about stripping Bogdan Golik, a Polish member of the European Parliament, of his immunity. “I’m glad that I will finally be able to testify and defend myself, which would be impossible in case of my being protected by the immunity” – said Golik. He emphasized that he himself asked the Legal Commission to strip him of the immunity. [http://www.stopvaw.org/http_www_stopvaw_org_admin_index_aspx_sectionId_rapeof_the_prostitute.html]

Education and work experience

* Veterinary surgeon
* 1987: Wrocław Agricultural Academy
* since 2000: doctoral studies in the Department of Administration and Marketing at the Academy of Economics in Poznań
* Numerous courses in the fields of administration, treasury and European funds.
* 1986-1987: Professional training
* since 1988: private practice

Career

* since 2003: Vice-Chairman of the Polish Chamber of Commerce (PCC), officer and committee member of the PCC (since 1998), founder and Vice-Chairman of the Polish-American Chamber of Commerce
* 2002-2004: Founder and Vice-Chairman of the Polish-Arab Chamber of Commerce
* since 1991: Co-founder and Chairman of the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Leszno
* since 1991: Member of the Board of Directors of the Polish Foundation for the Promotion and Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises"See also:" European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)

External links

* [http://bogdangolik.pl Official web site] (in Polish)
* [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=28373 European Parliament biography]
** Declaration of financial interests of MEP is missing
* [http://www.socialistgroup.org/gpes/servlet/Main/EventDetail~2?_wcs=true&id_event=570&lg=en The Polish delegation of the Socialist group]