Grażyna Staniszewska (born on 2 November 1949 in Biała Krakowska)
is a
PolishThe politics of Poland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two...
politicianA politician or political leader is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest,...
and
Member of the European ParliamentA Member of the European Parliament is the English name for a person who has been elected to the European Parliament, one of the European Union's two legislative bodies. MEPs are the European Union's equivalents of a country's national legislators in either the lower house or unicameral...
for the Silesian Voivodship
with the Unia Wolnosci,
part of the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for EuropeThe Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party...
and sits on
the
European ParliamentThe European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union , it forms the bicameral legislative branch of the Union's institutions and has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
's
Committee on Regional DevelopmentThe Committee on Regional Development is a committee within the European Parliament.-External links:*...
.
Staniszewska is a substitute for the
Committee on Culture and EducationThe Committee on Culture and Education is a committee of the European Parliament.- Responsibilities of the Committee :This committee has focused on the well-being of all members of the human race and the increased opportunities for education in all countries of the European Union...
, a member of
the Delegation to the EU-
UkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and a
substitute for the Delegation to the EU-
BulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe. Bulgaria borders five other countries: Romania to the north , Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south...
Joint Parliamentary Committee.
Career
- 1982-1983: Teacher
In education, a teacher is a person who educates others. A teacher who educates an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor....
at the Bielsko-Biała grammar-school (1972-1974), head of the Bielsko-Biała CultureCulture is a term that has different meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
Club (1974-1980) and instructor
- since 1984: Researcher at the REDOR Research and Development Centre in Bielsko-Biała
- 1980-1981: Member of the administration and Podbeskidzie regional council of the independent, self-governing trade union NSZZ Solidarność
- 1981: Founder and head of the Podbeskidzia Open Education
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Agency
- 1983-1989: Interned under martial law
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(1981-1982) then arrested (1983), member of the underground authorities of NSZZ Solidarność
- 1988-1990: Member of the underground and subsequently legal National Executive Committee of NSZZ Solidarność
- since 1992: Member of the national authorities of the Democratic Union, then the Freedom Union
- 1989: Participant at the Round Table Conference
- 1989-2001: Member of Parliament of the Polish Republic
- 1997-2001: Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Education
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, Science and Youth
- 2001-2004: Senator of the Republic of Poland
- since 1996: Chairman of the Council of the Foundation for Economic Education
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in WarsawWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains. Its population as of 2009 was estimated at 1,709,781, and the Warsaw metropolitan area at approximately 2,785,000...
- 1998-: all-Poland coordinator of the programme for the preparation of youth for the information society 'Interkl@sa'
Collaboration with communist secret service
Since October 6 1978 until January 9 1979 she was a secret agent of
communistCommunism is a socioeconomic structure and political ideology that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless society based on common ownership and control of the means of production and property in general. Karl Marx posited that communism would be the final stage in human...
Służba Bezpieczeństwa (SB) pseudonym
Kowalska.
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004. 20.87% of eligible citizens voted; of these, 97.33% of the votes cast were valid. The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low...