Antoni Kazimierz Pietkiewicz (born 24 December 1948) is an engineer, businessperson and politician. He was a

voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...

of the

Kalisz Voivodeship Kalisz Voivodeship may also refer to: *Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793) * Kalisz Voivodeship (1816–1837) *Kalisz Voivodeship (1975–1998) The Kalisz Voivodeship was a voivodeship (province) of the Polish People's Republic from 1975 to 1989, an ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

from 1990 to 1991, and the

Masovian Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw. Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...

from 1999 to 2001.

Biography

Antoni Pietkiewicz was born on 24 December 1948 in

Kalisz Kalisz () is a city in central Poland, and the second-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 97,905 residents (December 2021). It is the capital city of the Kalisz Region. Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of Gr ...

. His parents were Feliks and Janina Pietkiewicz, and has a younger brother Jerzy. In 1978, he had granted from the Faculty of the Power Engineering of the

Łódź University of Technology Łódź University of Technology () was created in 1945 and has developed into one of the biggest technical universities in Poland. Originally located in an old factory building, today it covers nearly 200,000 sq. meters in over 70 separate bu ...

, and had done postgraduate studies at the

Warsaw University of Technology The Warsaw University of Technology () is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professors (including 145 titular professors). The student body ...

and the

SGH Warsaw School of Economics SGH Warsaw School of Economics (, ''SGH''Movement for Defence of Human and Civic Rights Movement for Defence of Human and Civic Rights (, ROPCiO) was a right-wing political and social organization formed in People's Republic of Poland in March 1977. It tried to resist the regime by denouncing it for violating Polish and international l ...

and the

Workers' Defence Committee The Workers' Defense Committee ( , KOR) was a Polish civil society group that was established to give aid to prisoners and their families after the June 1976 protests and ensuing government crackdown. It was a precursor and inspiration for efforts ...

. From 1979 to 1980 he co-published newsletter ''Wolne Słowo'' (''The Free Word''), and in 1980 he became a member of the

Solidarity Solidarity or solidarism is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. True solidarity means moving beyond individual identities and single issue politics ...

trade union. He led in the creation of its division in Kalish, and was a board member of its South Greater Poland Region. He was a delegate at the first National Congress of Delegates of the Solidarity in

Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

. He was arrested together with his brother Jerzy while Poland was under the

martial law Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers. Martial law can continue for a specified amount of time, or indefinitely, and standard civil liberties ...

, and placed in the

internment Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without Criminal charge, charges or Indictment, intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects ...

on 13 December 1981, and released on 23 December 1982. He was again arrested in July 1984, and released following the amnesty from 21 July 1984. From 1990 to 1991 he was a

of the

, from 1991 to 1992, he was a deputy director of the

Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland The Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland (, KPRP) is an institution that assists the President of Poland with fulfilling his tasks as head of state. The Chancellery is headed by its chief, currently being Małgorzata Paprocka. C ...

, and from 1992 to 1995, he was a deputy chairperson of the Supreme Audit Office. From 1 January 1999 to 21 October 2001, he was the voivode of the

. From 2002 to 2003, he was a deputy marshal of the

Masovian Voivodeship Sejmik The Masovian Voivodeship Sejmik () is the regional legislature of the Voivodeship of Masovia in Poland. It is a unicameral parliamentary body consisting of fifty-one councillors, making it the largest provincial assembly in the republic. All cou ...

. From 2001 to 2003 he was a board director of Bioenergia ESP in Gdynia; from 2003 to 2006 a deputy chairperson of Prestige Development in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

; from 2005 to 2006 the main investment specialist at the

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to * Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae ***Northern cardinal, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of ...

in Warsaw; from 2006 to 2007 a deputy chairperson and from 2008 to 2011 a chairperson of BOT Górnictwo i Energetyka in

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

. From 2016, he is a chairperson of the Fabryka Kotłów Sefako in

Sędziszów Sędziszów is a town in Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,830 inhabitants (2004). The town belongs to Lesser Poland. Transport Sędziszów railway station is a stop for both the PKP intercity trains and their reg ...

Private life

He was married to journalist and political activist Małgorzata Jedynak-Pietkiewicz (1945–2013).

Awards and decorations

* Commandor of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2000) * Commandor of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2006) *

Cross of Freedom and Solidarity The Cross of Freedom and Solidarity (''Krzyż Wolności i Solidarności'') was established on 5 August 2010, to honor members of the democratic opposition in Poland who between the years 1956 and 1989 were killed, seriously wounded or injured, arr ...

(2016) * Meritorious Activist of Culture Badge (2001) * Honorary Citizenship of

(2009)

References

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