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Marek Maciej Siwiec Marek Siwiec (2009) Vice President of the European Parliament
13th Vice President in order of precedenceIn office
1 January 2007 – 14 July 2009President Hans-Gert Pöttering 4th Chief of the Polish National Security Bureau In office
19 February 1997 – 17 June 2004President Aleksander Kwaśniewski Preceded by Jerzy Milewski Succeeded by Tadeusz Bałachowicz Personal details Born 13 February 1955
Piekary Śląskie, PolandPolitical party Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union
Party of European Socialists (as MEP)Marek Maciej Siwiec (born on 13 March 1955 in Piekary Slaskie) is a Polish politician and since 2004 Member of the European Parliament for the Greater Poland Voivodship with the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. In the European elections of 2004 he obtained 36 985 votes. He was reelected MEP in 2009, gaining 64 976 votes.
From January 2007 to June 2009 he served as Vice President of the European Parliament. He also chaired the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. On 12 January 2010, he criticized the current EU policy toward the country saying in the European Parliament "Ukraine is in political chaos, which I think suits many people in the EU"[1]. He was observer of the elections in Ukraine in 2006 and 2010.
Previously he was notable as Chief of the Polish National Security Bureau under President Aleksander Kwaśniewski.
Currently he serves as a coordinator of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats for the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. He is member of the Board of Yalta European Strategy foundation, Vice President of European Friends of Israel, member of Global Leadership Council of Colorado State University.
He is candidate of the Democratic Left Alliance for the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Education
- 1980: Master of Physics, University of Mining and Metallurgy in Kraków (AGH)
- 1989: Post-graduate study in journalism at the Academy of Social Sciences – Centre for Education of the Foreign Service
Career
- 1981–1982: Assistant at the Electronics Institute of AGH (1980–1982), traineeship with the Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria, Australia
- 1990–1991: Editor-in-chief of the bi-monthly 'Student' (1985–1987), weekly 'ITD' (1987–1990) and the daily 'Trybuna'
- 1991–1997: Member of Parliament of the Polish Republic (Sejm)
- 1993: Spokesman for the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) Parliamentary Party
- 1993–1996: Member of the National National Broadcasting Council
- 1993–1996: Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- 1996–2004: Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland
- 1997–2004: Chief of the National Security Bureau (Poland)
- 1997–2004: Vice-Chairman of the Consultative Committee of the Presidents of Poland and Ukraine
- Secretary of the National Security Council (2000–2004) head of the Polish Association of Friends of the Peres Centre for Peace
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Foundation to Counter Terrorism and Biological Threats
- Member of the National Administration of the SLD
- Head of the national delegation to the Party of European Socialists in the EP
- Honours
Decorations
- Order of Gedymin (1997, LT), Cavaliere di Gran Croce (1997, I), Ordem do Merito (1997, P), Ordre de Leopold (1999, B)
- National Order of Merit (2000, F)
- Ubique Patriae Memor (2002, BR)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2003, LT)
- Virtutea Militară (2003, RO)
- Royal Victorian Order (2004, GB)
- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th and 3rd Class (1997, 2004, UA)
Controversies
During presidency campaign in 2000 a film was published revealing Marek Siwiec, then the chief of National Security Bureau, allegedly parodying a gesture of then pope John Paul II (making a cross sign in the air on arrival). President Kwaśniewski allegedly encouraged Siwiec to make a parody of pope's another gesture (kissing the soil).
See also:
References
External links
- Marek Siwiec's blog in English
- Official website of Marek Maciej Siwiec: www.mareksiwiec.pl
- European Parliament biography of Marek Maciej Siwiec (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
- Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Polish)
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- 1955 births
- Living people
- Members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (1991–1993)
- Members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (1993–1997)
- Democratic Left Alliance MEPs
- MEPs for Poland 2004–2009
- MEPs for Poland 2009–2014
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class
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