Wojciech Roszkowski

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Wojciech Roszkowski (born on 20 June 1947 in Warszawa) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Silesian Voivodship with the Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc, part of the Union for a Europe of Nations and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.

Roszkowski is a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education and a member of the Delegation for relations with Japan.

[edit] Education

• 1995: Masters (1971), Doctorate (1978) and professor

[edit] Career

• 1988-1989: Lecturer at the Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., USA
• 2000-2002: Vice-rector at the Warsaw School of Economics (1990-1993), director of the Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) (1994-2000), Kościuszko Chair of Polish Studies, University of Virginia, USA
• 1980-1993: Member of the independent self-governing trade union NSZZ Solidarność
• Chairman of the 'S' group at the Socio-Economics Dept
• 1980-1981: of the Warsaw School of Economics
• 1996-1998: Chairman of the Wilson Center European Alumni Association
• 1982-1986: Author of historical books
• since 1990: about 400 000 copies published, including 'Najnowsza historia Polski', underground publication (under the pseudonym Andrzej Albert), with a dozen or more official publications. New editions of the book are not very neutral. It is strong anti-left and anti-liberal, being in fact propaganda book.

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)

[edit] External links

• European Parliament biography of Wojciech Roszkowski (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• Declaration of financial interests (in Polish; PDF)