Zbigniew Girzyński

Zbigniew Girzyński ( born March 17, 1973 in Sierpc ) is a Polish historian, politician and, since 2005 Member of the Sejm in the V, VI and VII legislature.

Curriculum vitae

In 1992 he passed the Abitur at the diocesan seminary spiritual in Płock. From 1992 to 1997 he studied history and from 1997 to 2001, he earned his doctorate at the Mikołaj Kopernik University in Toruń -.

Scientific activity

In 2001 he defended his doctoral thesis on the subject of Polish- French relations in the years 1945 to 1950 and began his work as a lecturer in the Department of History and Archives essence of Mikołaj Kopernik - University and at the College of Social and Economics in Wloclawek. He is author of several articles and three monographs on historical subjects. 2002 Scholarship of the Polonia Aid Foundation Trust awarded him. He deals with the history of the 20th century with an emphasis on Polish foreign policy, international Polonia and the politically motivated emigration after 1945. He is a member of the Polish Society of History and the Włocławer Scientific Society.

Social and journalistic activities

During the primary school and high school years he was an altar boy and engaged in " Life Motion light " (Ruch Światło - Życie ) and the "crusade for the liberation of man " ( Krucjata Wyzwolenia człowieka ). During his studies he was active in the academic pastoral care, first for the Redemptorists, then for the Jesuits.

He also worked as a journalist, in the years 1993 to 1995 as a member of the national conservative Catholic radio station Radio Maria. From 2000 to 2002 he was a representative of the chief editor and then editor in chief and columnist himself of Torun month sheet " PULSE ". He is a member of the Association of Polish Journalists.

Political activity

He belonged to the group in the 90s the Niezależne Zrzeszenie Studentów ( Independent Students Association - NZS ) has established at the Mikołaj Kopernik University again, in the years 1996 and 1997 he was Deputy Chairman of the Higher Education Commission of NZS at this university.

In the years 1996 to 2001 he was a member of Ruch Odbudowy Polski ( Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland - ROP). He also served as press secretary of the Youth Association of the ROP and board member of the ROP. In 2001, he joined the Prawo i Sprawiedliwość ( Law and Justice - PiS) at. From 2002 to 2003 he was chairman of PiS in the Kujawsko - Pomerania and in the years 2003 and 2004 he was Deputy Chairman of the PiS in this province. Since 2002 he is member of the Political Council of the PiS.

In the 2005 parliamentary elections, he was elected on the list of PiS for the constituency of Toruń in the Sejm. V. In the legislature he was secretary of the Group of Law and Justice and Deputy Chairman of the Commission for Education, Science and Youth, as well as a member of the Foreign Affairs Commission and the Polish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council. From 10 March 2006 to 12 January 2007 he was a member of the Extraordinary Commission to initiate legislation regarding the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (Institute of National Remembrance - IPN) at.

In the 2007 parliamentary elections, he was re-elected with 22 159 votes in the Sejm. He is a member of the Sejm Foreign Affairs Committee.