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Marek Maciej Siwiec
	Marek Maciej Siwiec
Vice President of the European Parliament; 13th Vice President in order of precedence
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 1, 2007
President	Hans-Gert Pöttering
4th Chief of the Polish National Security Office
	In office; February 19, 1997 – June 17, 2004
President	Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Preceded by	Jerzy Milewski
Succeeded by	Tadeusz Bałachowicz
Born	February 13, 1955 (age 54); Piekary Śląskie, Poland
Political party	Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union; Party of European Socialists (as MEP)

Marek Maciej Siwiec (born on 13 March 1955 in Piekary Slaskie) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Greater Poland Voivodship with the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Currently, he is serving as one of the Vice Presidents of the European Parliament. Previously he was notable as Chief of the Polish National Security Office under President Aleksander Kwaśniewski.

Siwiec is also chairs the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

[edit] Education

1980: Master of Engineering, University of Mining and Metallurgy in Kraków (AGH)
1989: Post-graduate study in journalism at the Academy of Social Sciences - Centre for Education of the Foreign Service

[edit] Career

1981-1982: Assistant at the Electronics Institute of AGH (1980-1982), traineeship with the GAS & Fuel Corporation of Victoria, Australia
1990-1991: Editor-in-chief of the bi-monthly 'Student' (1985-1987), weekly 'ITD' (1987-1990) and the daily 'Trybuna'
1991-1997: Member of Parliament of the Polish Republic
1993: Spokesman for the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) Parliamentary Party
1993-1996: Member of the National Council for Radio and Television
1993-1996: Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
1996-2004: Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland
Chief of the National Security Office
1997-2004: Vice-Chairman of the Consultative Committee of the Presidents of Poland and Ukraine
Secretary of the National Security Council (2000-2004) head of the Polish Association of Friends of the Peres Centre for Peace
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Foundation to Counter Terrorism and Biological Threats
Member of the National Administration of the SLD
Head of the national delegation to the PSE in the EP
Honours

[edit] Decorations

Order of Gedymin (1997, LT), Cavaliere di Gran Croce (1997, I), Ordem do Merito (1997, P), Ordre de Leopold (1999, B)
National Order of Merit (2000, F)
Ubique Patriae Memor (2002, BR)
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2003, LT)
Virtutea Militară (2003, RO)
Royal Victorian Order (2004, GB)
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th and 3rd Class (1997, 2004, UA)

[edit] Controversies

During presidency campaign in 2000 a film was published revealing Marek Siwiec, then the chief of National Security Bureau, allegedly parodying a gesture of then pope John Paul II (making a cross sign in the air on arrival). President Kwaśniewski allegedly encouraged Siwiec to make a parody of pope's another gesture (kissing the soil).