Janusz Onyszkiewicz

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Janusz Onyszkiewicz
Minister of National Defence
In office
31 October 1997 – 16 June 2000
Prime MinisterJerzy Buzek
Preceded byStanisław Dobrzański
Succeeded byBronisław Komorowski
In office
11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Prime MinisterHanna Suchocka
Preceded byRomuald Szeremietiew
Succeeded byPiotr Kołodziejczyk
Personal details
Born (1937-12-18) 18 December 1937 (age 86)
Lwów, Poland
Political partyDemocratic Party – demokraci.pl

Janusz Adam Onyszkiewicz (Polish pronunciation:

Minister of Defence twice, in the cabinets of Hanna Suchocka (1992–1993) and Jerzy Buzek (1997–2000).[2]

Later in his career, Onyszkiewicz was a Member of the European Parliament.[3]

Early life and education

Onyszkiewicz was born in

alpinist in the 1970s along with his wife Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz
.

Political career

In the 1980s, Onyszkiewicz became the spokesman for the

anti-communist Solidarity movement.[1] He became popular among foreign journalists because of his fluent English. After the introduction of martial law in Poland on 13 December 1981, he was arrested and interned.[5] In 1986, he was again detained by the police, preventing him from holding a news conference on behalf of political prisoners that was scheduled to coincide with the start of a conference of intellectuals.[6]

Member of the Polish Parliament

After the fall of communism in 1989, Onyszkiewicz became a member of the Polish

Bronisław Komorowski became the first civilian vice-ministers of defence in the communist-dominated Ministry of Defence.[5] Later, Onyszkiewicz was Minister of Defence twice, in the cabinets of Hanna Suchocka (1992–1993) and Jerzy Buzek (1997–2000).[2]

Initially, Onyszkiewicz was a member of the

Democratic Party, the continuation of Democratic Union.[4]

In 1999, Onyszkiewicz was awarded the Manfred Wörner Medal by the German Minister of Defence.[1]

Member of the European Parliament

On 13 June 2004, Onyszkiewicz was elected to the

Swietokrzyskie Voivodeships
) receiving 50 155 votes (6,37%). On 20 July 2004 he was elected a vice-president of the European Parliament.

Other activities

Onyszkiewicz is Chairman of the ICDT's International Board of Directors.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Europa Publications, "The International Who's Who 2004", Routledge, 2003, pg. 1258
  2. ^ a b Jeffrey Simon, "Poland and NATO: a study in civil-military relations", Rowman & Littlefield, 2004, pg. 19
  3. ^ "A 5-member delegation representing the European Parliament pays a 4-day visit to Taiwan.", "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b Dziennik Polski, "Ankieta Eurokandyta – Janusz Onyszkiewicz", 20 May 2009, [1]
  5. ^ a b Krzysztof Ciesielski and Zdzislaw Pogoda, "Janusz Onyszkiewicz", The Mathematical Intelligencer, Volume 12, Number 4 / December, 1990, [2]
  6. New York Times
    , 17 January 1986.
  7. ^ "An Open Letter to the Obama Administration from Central and Eastern Europe", International Center for Democratic Transition, "The International Centre for Democratic Transition (ICDT)". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  • Onuszkiewicz's page for elections to the European Parliament [3]

See also

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