Marek Siwiec

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Marek Siwiec, MEP

Marek Siwiec (born 13 March 1955, Piekary Sląskie) is an MEP elected from the former Polish coalition of two centre-left political parties called Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej-Unia Pracy (Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union). He is Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament, a sbstitute member for relations with Israel, and also Vice-Chairman of European Friends of Israel (EFI).

Affiliations

• Vice-President, European Parliament
• Vice-President, Parliament's Bureau
• Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Member, Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
• Substitute, Subcommittee on Security and Defence
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Israel

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Master of Engineering, University of Mining and Metallurgy in Kraków (AGH) (1980).
• Post-graduate study in journalism at the Academy of Social Sciences - Centre for Education of the Foreign Service (1989).
• Assistant at the Electronics Institute of AGH (1980-1982).
• Traineeship with the GAS & Fuel Corporation of Victoria, Australia (1981-1982).
• Editor-in-chief of the bi-monthly 'Student' (1985-1987), weekly 'ITD' (1987-1990) and the daily 'Trybuna' (1990-1991).
• Member of Parliament of the Polish Republic (1991-1997).
• Spokesman for the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) Parliamentary Party (1993).
• Member of the National Council for Radio and Television (1993-1996).
• Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1993-1996).
• Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland (1996-2004).
• Chief of the National Security Office.
• Vice-Chairman of the Consultative Committee of the Presidents of Poland and Ukraine (1997-2004).
• 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 PSE in the EP.
• Honours: Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honour (1996, F); 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 Militara (2003, RO); Royal Victorian Order (2004, GB); Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th and 3rd Class (1997, 2004, UA).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

13E102

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45653

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49653

Email:

marek.siwiec@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.mareksiwiec.pl

Resources

• European Parliament, Oświadczenia o korzyściach finansowych posłow: Marek Siwiec, 14 January 2009, accessed 23 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Marek Siwiec, accessed 23 April 2009.