Grażyna Ewa Staniszewska (born 2 November 1949 in

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) is a

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and

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for the

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with the Freedom Union, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the

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. Staniszewska is a substitute for the

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, a member of the Delegation to the EU-

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Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-

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Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Education

* 1972: Polish scholar, graduate of Polish Philology at the Jagiellonian University

Career

* 1982-1983: Teacher at the Bielsko-Biała grammar-school (1972-1974), head of the Bielsko-Biała Culture Club (1974-1980) and instructor * since 1984: Researcher at the REDOR Research and Development Centre in

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* 1980-1981: Member of the administration and Podbeskidzie regional council of the independent, self-governing trade union NSZZ Solidarność * 1981: Founder and head of the Podbeskidzia Open Education Agency * 1983-1989: Interned under martial law (1981-1982) then arrested (1983), member of the underground authorities of NSZZ Solidarność * 1988-1990: Member of the underground and subsequently legal National Executive Committee of NSZZ Solidarność * since 1992: Member of the national authorities of the Democratic Union, then the Freedom Union * 1989: Participant at the Round Table Conference * 1989-2001: Member of Parliament of the Polish Republic * 1997-2001: Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science and Youth * 2001-2004: Senator of the Republic of Poland * since 1996: Chairman of the Council of the Foundation for Economic Education in

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* 1998-: all-Poland coordinator of the programme for the preparation of youth for the information society 'Interkl@sa'

Decorations

* Order of St. Stephen for the development of Polish-Hungarian cooperation

Alleged collaboration with communist secret service

In 1992 she was accused by Antoni Macierewicz, then the Polish Minister of Internal Affairs of having collaborated with the communist-era secret services as a secret agent. She repeatedly denied the accusations and her name was eventually cleared by the Court of Appeal in Warsaw on 7 March 2000.

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