Boguslaw Sonik
Bogusław Sonik (born on 3 December 1953 in Kraków) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the MP & SW with the Platforma Obywatelska, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.
Sonik is a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, a member of the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries.
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Education
- 1978: Master of Law, Jagiellonian University
Career
- 1978–1982: Advisor for the protection of agricultural lands of the Bureau of Geodesy and Agricultural Land in Kraków
- 1982–1984: Journalist on the 'Tygodnik Powszechny' and publisher of 'Znak'
- correspondent
- 1990–1996: Director of the Polish Institute in Paris and plenipotentiary minister at the Embassy of the Polish Republic in France
- 1996–2002: Director of the Festival Bureau for 'Kraków 2000 – European City of Culture'
- since 2003: Director of the department of promotion of the Office of the City of Kraków
- 2002–2004: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Voivodship Foundation for Environmental Protection and Water Management
- 1977: Founder of the Students' Committee of Solidarność
- 1980–1982: Vice-Chairman of the Małopolska Region Administration of Solidarność
- 1998–2004: Councillor with the Małopolska Voivodship and Chairman of the regional council of the Małopolska Voivodship
- 2002–2004: Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Protection of the Małopolska Voivodship regional council
- 2000–2004: Active member of the Association of European Cities and Regions for Culture and the Assembly of European Regions
- 2001–2004: officer of the Association of European Cities and Months of Culture
Decorations
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)
External links
- European Parliament biography of Bogusław Sonik
- Declaration of financial interests (in Polish; PDF file)
Categories: 1953 births | Members of the European Parliament from Poland | Members of the EPP-ED Group from Poland | Extended MEP stubs