Jerzy Buzek

Jerzy Karol Buzek [ jɛʒɨ ' karɔl buzɛk ]? / I ( born July 3, 1940 in Smilowitz, County Cieszyn ) is a Polish politician (PO). He was he from 1997 to 2001 and Prime Minister of Poland from 2009 to 2012 President of the European Parliament.

Life

1957-1963 studied Jerzy Buzek at the Silesian University of Technology ( Politechnika Śląska ) in Gliwice, where he completed the study in 1963 as an engineer in chemistry.

From 1980 to 1981, and from 1989 Buzek was active in the Solidarity trade union in 1981 as chairman of the first Solidarity Congress. During the state of war under General Wojciech Jaruzelski, he was involved in leading positions of the Solidarity underground.

Since 1997, Buzek is Professor of Technical Sciences at the Technical University of Opole and has honorary doctorates from the universities of Seoul and Dortmund. He is also a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and a representative of Poland in the International Energy Agency.

From 1997 to 2001 Buzek was Prime Minister of Poland. He initially led a coalition of moderate conservative Wyborcza Solidarność Akcja (AWS ) and the liberal Unia Wolności ( UW). Following the departure of the Unia Wolności from the government in 2000, he led an AWS minority government. From January to October 2001, he was also chairman of the AWS.

The policy Buzek was aimed at a rapid Hinführung Poland to the European Union. The Buzek government had considerable difficulties to enforce the necessary measures domestically. The loss of popularity led to conflicts within the ruling party AWS, which then in 2001 a bitter electoral defeat suffered. Jerzy Buzek has been replaced after the election of Leszek Miller (SLD).

Within his tenure, the restructuring of the Polish regions in 16 new voivodships was performed and achieved Poland's accession to NATO.

Jerzy Buzek is currently a member of the conservative-liberal Platforma Obywatelska (PO, Civic Platform ) and was elected in the European election in 2004 as a deputy in the European Parliament. As a member of the Civic Platform Buzek was a member of the EPP-ED group and a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. In the European elections in Poland in 2009 he was again elected to the European Parliament.

Buzek 's Evangelical Lutheran denomination. He was after Felicjan Sławoj Skladkowski (1936-1939), the second Protestant Prime Minister of Poland. Buzek is also a board member of the Evangelical Association ProChrist, mass crusades organized. He is married to professor of chemistry Ludgarda Buzek and father of actress Agata Buzek.

Also Buzek's ancestors were in politics. Such was the great-uncle Buzek, Prof. Józef Buzek, during the years 1907 to 1918 national Democratic member of the Austrian Imperial Council and Polish Senator ( 1922-27 ).

President of the European Parliament

Jerzy Karol Buzek was elected on 14 July 2009 President of the European Parliament and is the successor of the German Christian Democrats Hans -Gert Poettering. Due to a compromise with the Party of European Socialists Buzek will officiate the first half of the term of the European Parliament for five years as president. The term of all management responsibilities in the European Parliament (President, Vice - Presidents, Quaestors ) is 2.5 years. Buzek announced plans to make human rights a priority of his term of office, just like his predecessor Hans -Gert Poettering. At the beginning of the campaign of his candidacy for the office of President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek sparked a controversy when he called a press conference on English, French and Polish as the " main EU languages ​​". He later corrected himself, saying, these languages ​​are " among the most famous ."

The Polish political magazine Wprost appointed him in 2010 Man of the Year 2009 ( Człowiek Roku 2009) for his work as President of the European Parliament.

On 17 January 2012, the German Social Democrat Martin Schulz was elected to Parliament Buzek's successor as president.

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