Mieczysław Edmund Janowski (born on 16 November 1947 in Zduńska Wola

Zdunska Wola

Zduńska Wola is a town in central Poland with 44,671 inhabitants .Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , previously in Sieradz Voivodeship . It is the seat of Zduńska Wola County.- Famous people from Zduńska Wola :...

) is a Polish

Politics of Poland

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 politician

Politician

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 and Member of the European Parliament

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 for the Subcarpathian Voivodship with the Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc, part of the Union for a Europe of Nations and sits on the European Parliament

European Parliament

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's Committee on Regional Development

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.

Janowski is a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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 and the Committee on Petitions

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. Janowski is also a member of the Delegation for relations with Switzerland

Switzerland

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, Iceland

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 and Norway and to the European Economic Area

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 (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Education

• 1972: Master's
  Master's degree
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   in Engineering
  Engineering
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   Warsaw University of Technology
• graduate of the Dept
• 1972: of Pedagogy, Warsaw University of Technology
• 1980: Doctor of Engineering, Rzeszów University of Technology

Career

• 1972-1973: Design specialist at WSK PZL - Rzeszów
• 1973-1982: Lecturer at the Rzeszów University of Technology
• since 1980: Member of the independent self-governing trade union NSZZ Solidarność
• 1998-2003: Member of Solidarity Election Action - Social Movement (RS AWS)
• 1990-1998: Councillor
• 1991-1999: Mayor
  Mayor
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   of Rzeszów
  Rzeszów
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• 2001-2004: Senator of the Republic of Poland, Chairman of the Committee for Territorial Autonomy and State Administration, member of the Committee on National Economy (1997-2001), Vice-Chairman Committee for Territorial Autonomy and State Administration, member of the Committee on Environmental Protection
• 1994-1998: Delegate to the Local Chamber of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
  Council of Europe
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• Member of the Association of Polish Engineers and Mechanical Technicians
• Member of the National League, Catholic Action, Polish Community

Decorations

• Bronze Cross of Merit

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)

European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004. 20.87% of eligible citizens voted; of these, 97.33% of the votes cast were valid. The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low...

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