Józef Pinior
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Józef Pinior (; born on 9 March 1955 in
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) is a
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and
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for the Lower Silesian Voivodship & Opole Voivodship with the
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, part of the
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and sits on the
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's
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. Pinior is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with the United States. Graduate of the Faculty of Law at
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(1978), he continued his education in the Postgraduate College of Ethics and History of Religions at Wrocław University (1980) and the School of the Social Science at the Polish Academy of Science Institute of Philosophy and Sociology in Warsaw (1996). He was a grant holder at the
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in New York.


Biography

In 1980–1989 Pinior was a trade unionist of the NSZZ "
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 ...
". After the imposition of the
Martial Law in Poland Martial law in Poland () existed between 13 December 1981 and 22 July 1983. The Polish United Workers' Party, government of the Polish People's Republic drastically restricted everyday life by introducing martial law and a military junta in an a ...
he became a leader of the
Fighting Solidarity Fighting Solidarity () is a Polish anti-Soviet and anti-communist organization. It was founded in June 1982Lower Silesia Lower Silesia ( ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a historical and geographical region mostly located in Poland with small portions in the Czech Republic and Germany. It is the western part of the region of Silesia. Its largest city is Wrocław. The first ...
and a member of the underground national management of the union – Provisional Co-ordination Committee of the NSZZ "Solidarność"- and since 1986 public Provisional Board of the NSZZ "Solidarność". He became famous for saving the trade union's 80 million zlotys from confiscation by the Security Service a few days before the imposing of the martial law in Poland. At that time he performed a duty of financial spokesman for the Union. Wanted after 13 December 1981, he lived in hiding. He was arrested, detained and imprisoned numerous times for his activity in the independent trade union in the years 1983–1988. He was called a
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by
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between 29 May 1984 and 21 August 1984. He was a co-originator of famous, underground Solidarność Radio. From July 1987 Jozef Pinior was a spokesman for the Polish part of the Polish-Czech "Solidarność". During this time he took an active part in happenings of the
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and he promoted this organization in independent and foreign media. In 1987 he was one of the co-originators of
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. He was the vice-president for the Foreign Affairs in the
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in 1998–1999. After 1989 Józef Pinior engaged in scientific research. His work concentrated on a comparative analysis of procedures of getting out of non-democratic regimes in South Europe, Latin America and Central Eastern Europe. In 1989, at labour organizations' invitation he conducted research in Brazil and Argentina. In 1990s he was a grant holder at the
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in New York – his scientific program received the Democracy Fellowship from
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in the USA. On the basis of his experience at the New School he worked out a row of lectures concerning contemporary political systems, foreign affairs and European integration. In 1992-1994 Pinior completed post-graduate work in Ethics and Religious Studies, at
University of Wrocław The University of Wrocław (, UWr; ) is a public research university in Wrocław, Poland. It is the largest institution of higher learning in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, with over 100,000 graduates since 1945, including some 1,900 researcher ...
and the Centre for Social Studies at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology,
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. Beginning in 1997, he was a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Social Communication at the Academy of Economy and in the School of Management and Finances in Wroclaw. From September 2002 he served as the Plenipotentiary of the Governor of the Lower Silesia for the
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. From August 2003 the Plenipotentiary of the Governor of the Lower Silesia for European Issues. On 29 November 2016 Józef Pinior was arrested by officers of Central Anti Corruption Bureau (pol. Centralne Biuro Antykorupcyjne) with group of other suspects. Prosecutor from State Prosecutor's Office charged him with corruption, to which he pled not guilty.


Publications

* "Around political existentialism of
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" in: The Humanities (Nauki Humanistyczne), nr 3/1997, the Academy of Economy in Wroclaw; * "Getting out of the authoritarianism in South Europe, Latin America and Middle-East Europe " in: Social Science. Research work at the Oscar Lange Academy of Economy in Wroclaw (Nauki Społeczne. Prace naukowe Akademii Ekonomicznej im. Oskara Langego we Wrocławiu), nr 685/1994; * "Polonia: Crisis de transición" in: El socialismo en el Umbral del Siglo XXI, México,
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, X 1991. * 'Wychodzenie z autorytaryzmu w Europie Południowej, w Ameryce Łacińskiej oraz w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej'


See also

*
2004 European Parliament election in Poland Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004 as part of the wider 2004 European Parliament election. They were the first European Parliament elections held in Poland after the country's accession to the European U ...


References


External links


Official site of Józef Pinior
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