Antoni Macierewicz | |
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._Arrivals_Antoni_Macierewicz_(cropped).png) Macierewicz in 2017 | |
| Senior Marshal of the Sejm | |
| In office 12 November 2019 – 12 November 2023 | |
| Marshal | Elżbieta Witek |
| Preceded by | Kornel Morawiecki |
| Succeeded by | Marek Sawicki |
| Minister of National Defence | |
| In office 16 November 2015 – 9 January 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Beata Szydło Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Preceded by | Tomasz Siemoniak |
| Succeeded by | Mariusz Błaszczak |
| Deputy Leader of Law and Justice | |
| Assumed office 23 November 2013 | |
| Leader | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Member of the Sejm | |
| Assumed office 5 November 2007 | |
| In office 20 October 1997 – 18 October 2005 | |
| In office 25 November 1991 – 31 May 1993 | |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
| In office 23 December 1991 – 20 June 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Jan Olszewski |
| Preceded by | Henryk Majewski |
| Succeeded by | Andrzej Milczanowski |
| Head of the Military Counterintelligence Service | |
| In office 4 October 2006 – 5 November 2007 | |
| President | Lech Kaczyński |
| Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Janusz Nosek |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of National Defence | |
| In office 1 July 2006 – 1 November 2007 | |
| President | Lech Kaczyński |
| Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Chairman of the Verification Commission | |
| In office 21 July 2006 – 9 November 2007 | |
| President | Lech Kaczyński |
| Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jan Olszewski |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 23 April 2003 – 19 July 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 August 1948 Warsaw, Poland |
| Political party | Law and Justice (2012–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Christian National Union (1992–1993) Polish Action (1993–1995) Movement for Reconstruction of Poland (1995–1997) Catholic-National Movement (1997–2005) Patriotic Movement (2005–2012) |
| Spouse | Hanna Macierewicz |
| Parent(s) | Zdzisław Macierewicz Maria Macierewicz |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Profession | Politician Academic Historian Human rights activist |
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| Website | macierewicz |
Antoni Macierewicz (Polish pronunciation: [anˈtɔɲi mat͡ɕɛˈrɛvit͡ʂ]; 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 the Ministry of National Defence.
Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Macierewicz was one of the founders in 1976 of the Workers' Defense Committee, a major anti-communist opposition organization that was a forerunner of Solidarity. During the 1980s Macierewicz directed the Centre for Social Research of Solidarity and was one of the trade union's key advisors. A former political prisoner, he escaped from incarceration and was in hiding until 1984, directing work and issuing underground publications.[1][2][3]
Macierewicz served as the Minister of Internal Affairs from 1991 to 1992, the Head of the Military Counterintelligence Service from 2006 to 2007, and the Minister of National Defence from 2015 to 2018.[citation needed] He is currently in his sixth term in the Parliament of Poland, where he represents the Piotrków Trybunalski district, and was a Member of the European Parliament. He is also the Deputy Leader of Law and Justice, the largest party in the Parliament of Poland.
- ^ David Ost (20 April 2010). Solidarity and the Politics of Anti-Politics: Opposition and Reform in Poland Since 1968. Temple University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4399-0351-3.
- ^ Piotr Wróbel (27 January 2014). Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945–1996. Taylor & Francis. p. 1977. ISBN 978-1-135-92701-1.
- ^ Jan Józef Lipski (1985). K.O.R.. University of California Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-520-05243-7.