Jacek Saryusz-Wolski
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (born September 19, 1948) is a Polish diplomat, politician and a MEP: member of the European Parliament (elected on 13 June 2004).
Scientific career
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski was a professor in Łódź University (Uniwersytet Łódzki) in Łódź and an expert on European Communities since th 1970s.
Political career
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski was nominated the first Polish plenipotentiary for European integration and foreign aids (pełnomocnik ds. integracji europejskiej i pomocy zagranicznej) when this office was created in 1991 by the prime minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki. Jacek Saryusz-Wolski held this position till 1996, despite the frequent government changes. He returned to the government in 2000, when the prime minister Jerzy Buzek has nominated him a secretary in the European Integration Committee (Komitet Integracji Europejskiej). Jacek Saryusz-Wolski played an extremely important role in the negotiations in Nice in 200.
He was elected a MEP, on 13 June 2004, as a candidate of Citizens Platform, in the constituency #6 (Łódź Voivodship) receiving 66,589 votes (that is 16,92%, the best result in the region). On 20 July 2004 he was elected a Vice-President of the European Parliament.