Piotr Aleksander Naimski (born 2 February 1951) is a Polish politician and academic who is a Member of the

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...

. He previously served as the Deputy Minister of Economy and the Head of the Office for State Protection.

Biography

Piotr Naimski was born on 2 February 1951. In 1968, he graduated from the

Tadeusz Rejtan Tadeusz Reytan (surname also alternatively spelled as ''Rejtan'', and rarely ''Reyten''; be, Тадэвуш Рэйтан; lt, Tadas Reitanas; 20 August 1742 – 8 August 1780) was a nobleman from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a ...

High School in

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. He then studied 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 ...

. In 1981 he received a

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in natural science. From 1976 to 1980, Naimski worked at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences ( pl, Polska Akademia Nauk, 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 ...

. He was a researcher at the

New York University School of Medicine NYU Grossman School of Medicine is a medical school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1841 and is one of two medical schools of the university, with the other being the Long Island Schoo ...

from 1981 to 1984. From 1996 to 2009, Naimski was on faculty at the

Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National-Louis University Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National-Louis University (WSB-NLU) — non-public university, one of the first non-public higher education schools in Poland. The university offers bachelor's, engineer's and master's degree in the following fields: ...

, where he has been the Dean of the Faculty of Political Studies. Since 1964, Naimski was part of the "Black One"

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. Naimski took part in organizing assistance to oppressed workers in

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and

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following the

June 1976 protests The June 1976 protests were a series of protests and demonstrations in the Polish People's Republic that took place after Prime Minister Piotr Jaroszewicz revealed the plan for a sudden increase in the price of many basic commodities,

. He was active in the

Workers' Defence Committee The Workers' Defense Committee ( pl, Komitet Obrony Robotników , 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. KOR was an exam ...

, working closely with

Antoni Macierewicz Antoni Macierewicz (; born 3 August 1948) is a Polish politician and the former Minister of National Defence. He previously served as the Minister of Internal Affairs, Head of the Military Counterintelligence Service, and Minister of State in ...

. In 1980-1981, he served on the board of the Center for Social Research of

Solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti ...

. In 1981, Naimski was on scholarship in

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, where he co-organized assistance for Solidarity. He worked at ''Głos'' and ''Wiadomości Dnia'' after returning to Warsaw in July 1984. Naimski was the Director of ''Głos'' Publishing from 1989 to 1992, and subsequently worked at the

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. He was the Head of the Office for State Protection from 1 February 1992 to 5 June 1992. From 1992 to 1996, Naimski was the President of the Atlantic Club. From 1999 to 2001 he was national security adviser in the office of

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. From 23 November 2005 to 5 November 2007 Naimski was the Deputy Minister of Economy, and a key person for the

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gasline from Norway to Poland. In 2008, he became an advisor to the Head of the National Security Bureau and a member of the Energy Security Team in the Chancellery of the President. Following the death of

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, Naimski resigned from these functions. Later, Naimski became an advisor at New Direction, a

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created by the

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. In the 2011 parliamentary elections, he successfully ran for the

, contesting from the

Law and Justice Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński. It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct ...

list in

Nowy Sącz Nowy Sącz (; hu, Újszandec; yi, Tzanz, צאַנז; sk, Nový Sonč; german: Neu-Sandez) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. It ha ...

. He was reelected in 2015.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Naimski, Piotr 1951 births Living people University of Warsaw alumni National Louis University faculty Law and Justice politicians Polish anti-communists Politicians from Warsaw Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015 Members of the Workers' Defence Committee