Leon Kieres VII kadencja Kancelaria Senatu

Leon Kieres (born 26 May 1948) is a Polish lawyer and politician. He was the president of the

Instytut Pamięci Narodowej 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 ...

(Institute of National Remembrance) (8 June 2000 – 22 December 2005), a judge of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal.

Biography

Leon Kieres was born on 26 May 1948 in Zielona,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. He graduated from the

University of Wrocław , ''Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Breslau'' (before 1945) , free_label = Specialty programs , free = , colors = Blue , website uni.wroc.pl The University of Wrocław ( pl, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, U ...

, the Department of Law. Since 1971 he has been working as an academic teacher at the Department of Law and Administration at the University of

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

. In 1976 he defended his doctoral thesis, while in 1985 he successfully completed the habilitation process. In 1991 he was awarded a professorship. Since 1996 he holds the title of professor appointed by the

President of the Republic of Poland The president of Poland ( pl, Prezydent RP), officially the president of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the head of state of Poland. Their rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Polan ...

. In the 2006 local election he stood for

Lower Silesian Regional Assembly The Lower Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik ( pl, Sejmik Województwa Dolnośląskiego) is the regional legislature of the Voivodeship of Lower Silesia in Poland. It is a unicameral legislature consisting of thirty-six councillors chosen during local e ...

. He polled 26,490 votes in 2 district, as a candidate on the

Civic Platform Civic Platform ( pl, Platforma Obywatelska, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a political party in Poland. It is currently led by Donald Tusk. It ...

list, and was elected. The other councillors elected him as chairperson of the assembly. When he was elected to the Senate of the Republic of Poland he had to resign; his seat was taken by Jacek Pilawa, and

Jerzy Pokój Jerzy is the Polish version of the masculine given name George. The most common nickname for Jerzy is Jurek (), which may also be used as an official first name. Occasionally the nickname Jerzyk may be used, which means "swift" in Polish. Peopl ...

was elected as the new chairperson. On 21 October 2007 in the parliamentary election he was elected to the Senate of the Republic of Poland. He polled 259,453 votes in 3

district, as a candidate on the

list. He has been a member of Senate VII Term since 5 November 2007.

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at Nauka Polska portal 1948 births Living people People from Białystok County Freedom Union (Poland) politicians Civic Platform politicians Members of the Senate of Poland 1997–2001 Lawyers from Wrocław Academic staff of the University of Wrocław University of Wrocław alumni People associated with the Institute of National Remembrance Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta {{Poland-academic-bio-stub