Adam Gierek (pronounced ; born on 17 April 1938 in Zwartberg, Limburg, Belgium) is a

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and former

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(MEP) for the

Silesian Voivodship Silesian Voivodeship ( ) is an administrative province in southern Poland. With over 4.2 million residents and an area of 12,300 square kilometers, it is the second-most populous, and the most-densely populated and most-urbanized region of Poland ...

, serving from 2001 to 2019. During his time in the European Parliament, he was a member of the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union, part of the Socialist Group, and sat 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 who served as the '' de facto'' leader of the Polish People's Republic between 1970 and 1980. Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as the First Secretary of the ...

. Gierek was also 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 (, 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 of distinguished scholars a ...

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

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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 language, 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 profes ...

* 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

Technische Universität Dresden TU Dresden (for , abbreviated as TUD), also as the Dresden University of Technology, is a public research university in Dresden, Germany. It is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony a ...

* 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

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