Jerzy Buzek
Jerzy Karol Buzek (born 3 July 1940 in Smilovice, Poland) is a Polish politician and scientist.
He was President of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2012. Between 1997 and 2001, he was the Prime Minister of Poland and a member of the Polish parliament.[1]
Buzek attended the grammar school in Chorzów and got his Matura there. After successful exams, he went to the Technical University of Silesia. In Silesia, Jerzy Buzek studied chemistry and got a diploma[2] in 1963.[3]
In the years 1971 and 1972, he researched at the University of Cambridge in Great Britain.[1]
During his studies and time spent in research, Buzek wrote about 200 patents and other papers.
During his time as the Prime Minister of Poland, his success was that Poland joined Nato in 1998.[2] In 2004, he got elected to be a member of the European Parliament.
Buzek got Doctorates honoris causa from the University of Dortmund, the University of Seoul, the University of Isparta and also from the Technical Universities of Opole and Silesia.[1]
Jerzy Buzek Media
Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
Order of Isabella the Catholic
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Jerzy Buzek with President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and Polish President Bronisław Komorowski
Jerzy Buzek and Jose Manuel Barroso during an EPP Summit in 2009
European Big Three; Jerzy Buzek, Herman Van Rompuy, José Manuel Barroso
Jerzy Buzek with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
Jerzy Buzek with President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Biography of Jerzy Buzek". ep-president.eu. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jerzy Buzek: Für ein europäisches Polen" (in German). euranet.eu. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)[dead link] - ↑ "Buzek'S biography" (in German). Archived from the original on 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
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