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. April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... Silesian voivodship since 1999 Silesia or Silesian Voivodship(1) is an administrative region and local government unit in Poland, established in 1999 out of Katowice, Czętochowa and Bielsko-Biała voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganisation Act of 1998 (effective 1 January 1999). ... Komitet Wyborczy Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy (Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union) is the electoral comitee and a coalition of two Polish political parties: Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej and Unia Pracy. ... Logo of the Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) Parti Socialiste Européen (PSE) Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas (SPE) Partido socialista Europeo (PSE) is a European political party whose members are the social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well as Norway. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...

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. The ACP States are the countries that are signatories of the Lomé Convention. ...

Education

• 1961: Masters in Engineering
• 1965: Doctorate
• 1968: assistant professor
• 1972: associate professor
• 1978: Professor of technical sciences

Master is a term that indicates a consummate level of skill, proficiency, superiority or power. ... Engineering is the application of science to the needs of humanity. ...

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

Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow  listen? ( Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Moskva), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... A University of Technology is an university with a focus on technology. ...

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) A silver statue of an armoured knight, created as a trophy in 1850 For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on June 13, 2004. ...

External links

• Official website of Adam Gierek: www.gierek.pl (http://www.gierek.pl)
• European Parliament biography of Adam Gierek (http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=28379)
• Declaration (http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6-dif/28379_05-07-2004.PDF) of financial interests (in Polish; PDF file)