Adam Gierek

Adam Gierek (pronounced [ˈadam ˈɡʲɛrɛk]; born on 17 April 1938 in Zwartberg, Limburg, Belgium) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Silesian Voivodship with the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He is a son of Edward Gierek.

Gierek is a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia and a substitute for the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Education

1961: Master's in Engineering
1965: Doctorate
1968: Assistant professor
1972: Associate professor
1978: Professor of technical sciences

Career

Since 1973: Associate member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk)
1961-1962: Assistant
1962-1965: Post-graduate doctoral student in Moscow
1965-1968: Tutor
1968-1972: Assistant professor
since 1972: Professor at the Silesian University of Technology
1969-1972: Head of the foundry institute
1972-1982: Head of the Metallurgical Sciences and Technology Department, director of the Institute of Materials Engineering
1982-1989: Visiting professor at the Technische Universität Dresden
Head of the Department of Materials Technology
Since 1994: Head of the Department of Technology, Metal Alloys and Composites
2001-2004: Senator of the Republic of Poland, member of the Committee on Science, Education and Sport
2001-2003: Member of the Committee on Legislation, Law and Order
2004: Member of the Committee on Environmental Protection
Since 1970: Member of the Polish Federation of Engineering Associations (NOT)
Member of the board of the All-Poland E
Since 2001: Gierek Association
Member of the Polish Nuclear Society (PTN) and committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Decorations

Order of the 'Banner of Labour, Second Class', Knight's Cross of the Order of Poland Reborn, Gold Medal of Merit for Defence of the Nation, National Education Medal