Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski
Zbigniew ĆWIĄKALSKI [ zb ʲ igɲɛf ʨf ɔŋkalsci ʲ ] ( born March 9, 1950 in Łańcut ) is a Polish politician and was until 2007 Professor of Law at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. From 16 November 2007 to 21 January 2009, he was Minister of Justice in the government of Donald Tusk.
Life
1968-1972 studied ĆWIĄKALSKI law at the Jagiellonian University. In the same year he became a member of the Polish United Workers' Party and remained so until 1981. 1979 doctorate Zbigniew ĆWIĄKALSKI at the Jagiellonian University. In 1981 he became a member of Solidarity. The following year he became a member of the first Council for general science and higher education. He received a scholarship from the Alexander -von- Humboldt Foundation for an 18 - month study at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law and the University of Cologne in 1986. 1991 Habilitation ĆWIĄKALSKI and was appointed associate professor. Between 1991 and 1996 he acted as advisor to the Polish Ministry of Education and in addition 1992/93 as advisor to the Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka. 1995-2007 he worked as a lawyer in Krakow and went here on some of the larger processes such as the Ryszard Krauze against, one of the richest men in Poland, and the corruption trial of Henryk Stokłosa, a former Senator of Poland. In particular, the activities Ćwiąkalskis for Krauze are considered by the Polish public critical. January 20, 2009 ĆWIĄKALSKI submitted his resignation as Minister of Justice. The reason was the suicide of a Murderer by Krzysztof Olewnik for which ĆWIĄKALSKI took over the responsibility. He was succeeded by Andrzej Czuma.
2007 to 2010 he was a member of the Committee for Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences ( Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN).