Łukasz Andrzej Kamiński (born 3 June 1973) is a Polish historian, specializing in the history of Poland after 1945, particularly the period of Soviet occupation and the

Polish People's Republic The Polish People's Republic ( pl, Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989 as the predecessor of the modern Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million ne ...

. He is the President of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

Platform of European Memory and Conscience Platform may refer to: Technology * Computing platform, a framework on which applications may be run * Platform game, a genre of video games * Car platform, a set of components shared by several vehicle models * Weapons platform, a system or ...

and formerly served as President of the

Institute of National Remembrance The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation ( pl, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state resea ...

(IPN) from 2011 to 2016. Kamiński earned his doctorate in 1999, and became deputy director of the IPN Bureau of Public Education in 2006, becoming director of the Bureau of Public Education in 2009. After his predecessor Janusz Kurtyka died in the

2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. Among the victims were the president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and his wife, Maria, ...

, Kamiński was elected by the

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...

as the third President of the IPN (

Franciszek Gryciuk Franciszek Gryciuk (born 1948 in Kobylany) is a Polish historian. He has served as Vice President and Acting President of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). He holds a doctorate in history from the University of Warsaw, and works at t ...

was acting president 2010–2011). He is a founding signatory of the

Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism The Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism was a declaration which was initiated by the Czech government and signed on 3 June 2008 by prominent European politicians, former political prisoners and historians, among them former ...

Recognitions

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on foreigners for outstanding achievement ...

Publications

* ''Młodzież w oporze społecznym 1945–1989'', Wrocław 1996, * ''Strajki robotnicze w Polsce w latach 1945–1948'', Wrocław 1999, * ''Młodzież w oporze społecznym 1944–1989'', IPN, Warsaw 2002, * ''Biuletyny dzienne Ministerstwa Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego 1949–1950'', IPN, Warszawa 2004, * ''Polacy wobec nowej rzeczywistości 1944–1948. Formy pozainstytucjonalnego, żywiołowego oporu społecznego'', 2004, * ''Wokół praskiej wiosny. Polska i Czechosłowacja w 1968 roku'', IPN, Warsaw 2004, * ''Opór społeczny w Europie Środkowej w latach 1948–1953 na przykładzie Polski, NRD i Czechosłowacji'' (co-author), Wrocław 2004, * ''A handbook of the communist security apparatus in East Central Europe 1944–1989'' (ed.), Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw, 2005, * ''Wokół pogromu kieleckiego'' (ed.), IPN, Warsaw 2006, * ''Drogi do wolności Zagłębia Miedziowego'' (ed.), Legnica 2007,

Footnotes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaminski, Lukasz Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers 1973 births Living people Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta University of Wrocław alumni University of Wrocław faculty People associated with the Institute of National Remembrance