Adam Gierek (pronounced ; born on 17 April 1938 in

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) is a

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and

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(MEP) for the

Silesian Voivodship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian V ...

with the

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, part of the

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and sits on the

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. He is a son of

Edward Gierek Edward Gierek (; 6 January 1913 – 29 July 2001) was a Polish Communist politician and ''de facto'' leader of Poland between 1970 and 1980. Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as First Secretary of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party (P ...

. Gierek is a substitute for the

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, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia and a substitute for the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Education

* 1961:

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* 1965: Doctorate * 1968: Assistant professor * 1972: Associate professor * 1978: Professor of technical sciences

Career

* Since 1973: Associate member of the

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences ( pl, Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society o ...

(''Polska Akademia Nauk'') * 1961-1962: Assistant * 1962-1965: Post-graduate doctoral student in

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* 1965-1968: Tutor * 1968-1972: Assistant professor * since 1972: Professor at the

Silesian University of Technology The Silesian University of Technology (Polish name: Politechnika Śląska; ) is a university located in the Polish province of Silesia, with most of its facilities in the city of Gliwice. It was founded in 1945 by Polish professors of the Lwow P ...

* 1969-1972: Head of the foundry institute * 1972-1982: Head of the Metallurgical Sciences and Technology Department, director of the Institute of Materials Engineering * 1982-1989: Visiting professor at the

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* Head of the Department of Materials Technology * Since 1994: Head of the Department of Technology, Metal Alloys and Composites * 2001-2004: Senator of the Republic of Poland, member of the Committee on Science,

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and

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* 2001-2003: Member of the Committee on Legislation, Law and Order * 2004: Member of the Committee on Environmental Protection * Since 1970: Member of the Polish Federation of Engineering Associations (NOT) * Member of the board of the All-Poland E * Since 2001: Gierek Association * Member of the Polish Nuclear Society (PTN) and committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Decorations

* Order of the 'Banner of Labour, Second Class',

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's Cross of the Order of Poland Reborn, Gold Medal of Merit for Defence of the Nation, National

Medal

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* * * 1938 births Living people Children of general secretaries of communist parties Members of the Senate of Poland 2001–2005 Recipients of the Order of the Banner of Work Polish expatriates in Belgium People from Limburg (Belgium) Democratic Left Alliance MEPs MEPs for Poland 2004–2009 MEPs for Poland 2009–2014 MEPs for Poland 2014–2019 {{Poland-MEP-stub

Education

Career

Decorations

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