Bogusław Sonik

Bogusław Sonik

Bogusław Sonik (born on 3 December 1953 in Kraków) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the MP & SW with the Platforma Obywatelska, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Sonik is a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, a member of the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries.

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1978-1982: Advisor for the protection of agricultural lands of the Bureau of Geodesy and Agricultural Land in Kraków
1982-1984: Journalist on the 'Tygodnik Powszechny' and publisher of 'Znak'
correspondent
1990-1996: Director of the Polish Institute in Paris and plenipotentiary minister at the Embassy of the Polish Republic in France
1996-2002: Director of the Festival Bureau for 'Kraków 2000 - European City of Culture'
since 2003: Director of the department of promotion of the Office of the City of Kraków
2002-2004: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Voivodeship Foundation for Environmental Protection and Water Management
1977: Founder of the Students' Committee of Solidarność
1980-1982: Vice-Chairman of the Lesser Poland Region Administration of Solidarność
1998-2004: Councillor with the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Chairman of the regional council of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship
2002-2004: Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Protection of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship regional council
2000-2004: Active member of the Association of European Cities and Regions for Culture and the Assembly of European Regions
2001-2004: officer of the Association of European Cities and Months of Culture