Marek Aleksander Cichocki (born 1966 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official ...

) is a Polish philosopher, historian of political thought, journalist, conservative columnist and former advisor to

Lech Kaczyński Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010. Before his tenure as president, he pre ...

, the late president of Poland.

Biography

Cichocki graduated in German Studies, and in 1998 he received his PhD degree in philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Between 1996 and 2000 he was an assistant professor in the Institute of Applied Social Sciences at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

, where he has worked since 2001 as adjunct professor. Between 2000 and 2002 he lectured in political science at the Melchior Wankowicz Warsaw College of Journalism. He is also a Fellow of the Collegium Invisible. Cichocki's scholarly interests include history of political thought (particularly conservative thought and its contemporary perceptions) and current social and political issues including international relations, especially Polish-German relations. He was program director of the Center for International Relations in Warsaw. Since 2004 he has been program director at the Natolin European Center and editor-in-chief of its periodical. Since 2003 he has been publisher and editor-in-chief of the yearbook ''Political Theology''. He collaborates with the Center for Political Thought in Cracow. He has published a number of books, essays and articles on philosophy, political science, and international relations, including ''Polska-Unia Europejska'', ''W pół drogi'' (2002), ''Porwanie Europy'' (2004), or ''Władza i pamięć'' (2006). Between 2007 and 2010 he co-hosted with

Dariusz Gawin Dariusz Gawin (born February 2, 1964) is a Polish historian and sociologist, deputy director of the Warsaw Uprising Museum (''Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego'') dedicated to the memory of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, and located in the Wola distri ...

and Dariusz Karlowicz ''Trzeci Punkt Widzenia'' (A Third Point of View), a TV programme broadcast by the public

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(TVP). From 11 January 2007 Cichocki served as a citizen advisor to President Lech Kaczyński. He was a major Polish negotiator during the European Union summit in Brussels in June 2007. Married to Lena Dabkowska-Cichocka.

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