Antoni Macierewicz

Antoni Macierewicz
Macierewicz in 2017
Senior Marshal of the Sejm
In office
12 November 2019 – 12 November 2023
MarshalElżbieta Witek
Preceded byKornel Morawiecki
Succeeded byMarek Sawicki
Minister of National Defence
In office
16 November 2015 – 9 January 2018
Prime MinisterBeata Szydło
Mateusz Morawiecki
Preceded byTomasz Siemoniak
Succeeded byMariusz Błaszczak
Deputy Leader of Law and Justice
Assumed office
23 November 2013
LeaderJarosław 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 MinisterJan Olszewski
Preceded byHenryk Majewski
Succeeded byAndrzej Milczanowski
Head of the Military Counterintelligence Service
In office
4 October 2006 – 5 November 2007
PresidentLech Kaczyński
Prime MinisterJarosław Kaczyński
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJanusz Nosek
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Defence
In office
1 July 2006 – 1 November 2007
PresidentLech Kaczyński
Prime MinisterJarosław Kaczyński
Chairman of the Verification Commission
In office
21 July 2006 – 9 November 2007
PresidentLech Kaczyński
Prime MinisterJarosław Kaczyński
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJan Olszewski
Member of the European Parliament
In office
23 April 2003 – 19 July 2004
Personal details
Born (1948-08-03) 3 August 1948 (age 76)
Warsaw, Poland
Political partyLaw 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)
SpouseHanna Macierewicz
Parent(s)Zdzisław Macierewicz
Maria Macierewicz
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
Polish Academy of Sciences
ProfessionPolitician
Academic
Historian
Human rights activist
Signature
Websitemacierewicz.com

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Piotr Wróbel (27 January 2014). Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945–1996. Taylor & Francis. p. 1977. ISBN 978-1-135-92701-1.
  3. ^ Jan Józef Lipski (1985). K.O.R.. University of California Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-520-05243-7.