Leopold Józef Rutowicz (born 18 October 1932 in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
)
is a
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
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politician
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and
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
(MEP)
for the
MP &
SW
with the
Self-Defense
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,
and is therefore a
Non-Inscrit
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in the
European Parliament
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.
Rutowicz sits on its
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) is a committee of the European Parliament.
Work of the committee
The committee is responsible for:
* coordination at Community level of national legislation in the sphere of th ...
, and is
a substitute for the
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and a member of the
Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.
Education
* 1956: Master of Engineering,
University of Mining and Metallurgy (AGH)
* 1981: doctor of commodities science at the academy of
Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
Career
* 1955-1968: Assistant and lecturer at AGH
* 1957-1959: Senior technologist at the Fabryka Wyrobów Blaszanych (Tin Products Factory)
* 1957-1963: chief mechanic at the Kraków Enterprise for General Construction
* 1959-1990: Member of the Administration and Chairman of the Voivodeship Club for Technical Improvement and Innovation (Klub Racjonalizacji i Wynalazczości)
* 1963-1967: head of the Ośrodek Prototypów Zakładu Badań i Doświadczeń Budownictwa (Prototype Centre of the Institute for Building Research and Testing)
* 1967-1990: Deputy director and director of the Regional Office of Weights and Measures
* 1967-1993: Member of the Administration and Chairman of the Association of Polish Engineers and Technicians, Kraków branch
* 1990-1995: director of the Assay Office of Kraków
Decorations
* 1977: Gold Cross of Merit
* 1984:
Knight
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's Cross - 'Polonia Restituta'
See also
*
2004 European Parliament election in 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 L ...
External links
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1932 births
Living people
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland MEPs
MEPs for Poland 2004–2009
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