Bogdan Klich

Bogdan Adam Klich ['bɔɡdan klʲix] ( listen) (born on 8 May 1960 in Kraków) was a Polish politician and Minister of National Defence of Poland. Bogdan Klich was interned in 1981 during the martial law set by the communist regime. Until 16 November 2007 he was a 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 Foreign Affairs.

Klich was a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Education

• 1986: Physician, Kraków Medical Academy
• 1987: Master's in the History of Art, Jagiellonian University (UJ)

Career

• 1991–1995: Doctoral studies, Department of Historical Philosophy
• since 1997: President of the Institute of Strategic Studies
• 2001–2004: Member of Parliament of the Republic of Poland, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, member of the Committee on National Defence
• 1989–1999: Advisor to the Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Poland with the European Union
• 1999–2000: Deputy Minister for National Defence in the Republic of Poland
• 2003–2004: Observer to the EP
• 2001–2004: Polish representative and member of the Policy Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
• 2004–2007: Member of the EP
• 2007– 2011: Minister for National Defence in the Republic of Poland
• Member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, London
• Lecturer at the Centre for European Studies at the Jagiellonian University

Decorations

• Order of Merit for Defence of Lithuania
• Gold Medal of Merit from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)

External links

• European Parliament biography of Bogdan Klich (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Polish)