Adam Gierek (born on 17 April 1938 in Zwartberg )
is a Polish politician and
Member of the European Parliament for the Silesian Voivodship
with the Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy,
part of the Socialist Group and sits on
the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy .
Gierek is a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education , a member of the
Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia and a
substitute for the
Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
Education
- 1961: Masters in Engineering
- 1965: Doctorate
- 1968: assistant professor
- 1972: associate professor
- 1978: Professor of technical sciences
Career
- since 1973: Associate member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)
- 1961-1962: Assistant
- 1962-1965: post-graduate doctoral student in Moscow
- 1965-1968: Tutor
- 1968-1972: assistant professor
- since 1972: professor at the Silesian Technical University
- 1969-1972: Head of the foundry institute
- 1972-1982: head of the Metallurgical Sciences and Technology Department, director of the Institute of Materials Engineering
- 1982-1989: Visiting professor at the Dresden University of Technology
- Head of the Department of Materials Technology
- since 1994: Head of the Department of Technology, Metal Alloys and Composites
- 2001-2004: Senator of the Republic of Poland, member of the Committee on Science, Education and Sport
- 2001-2003: Member of the Committee on Legislation, Law and Order
- 2004: Member of the Committee on Environmental Protection
- since 1970: Member of the Polish Federation of Engineering Associations (NOT)
- Member of the board of the All-Poland E
- since 2001: Gierek Association
- Member of the Polish Nuclear Society (PTN) and committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Decorations
- Order of the 'Banner of Labour, Second Class', Knight's Cross of the Order of Poland Reborn, Gold Medal of Merit for Defence of the Nation, National Education Medal
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)
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