Paweł Śpiewak (born 17 April 1951) is the Director of the

Jewish Historical Institute The Jewish Historical Institute ( pl, Żydowski Instytut Historyczny or ''ŻIH''; yi, ייִדישער היסטאָרישער אינסטיטוט), also known as the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, is a public cultural and research ...

in Warsaw, Poland. He is a sociologist, historian, author and former politician.

History

Paweł Śpiewak is a Professor of Sociology at

Warsaw University The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

. He was elected to the

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...

on September 25, 2005 getting 18,403 votes in 19

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

district, running as a candidate with the

Civic Platform Civic Platform ( pl, Platforma Obywatelska, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a political party in Poland. It is currently led by Donald Tusk. It w ...

list. He did not seek reelection in 2007. He is a Fellow of

Collegium Invisibile Collegium Invisibile is an academic society founded in 1995 in Warsaw that affiliates outstanding Polish students in the humanities and science with distinguished scholars in accordance with the idea of a liberal education. The association aim ...

. In 2011, he was nominated as the Director of the Jewish Historical Institute by

Bogdan Zdrojewski Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski (born 18 May 1957) is a Polish politician, mayor of Wrocław from 1990 to 2001, and Minister of Culture and National Heritage from 2007 till 2014. He has also been member of the Polish and of the European Parliament. ...

, Minister of Culture and National Heritage. He is a son of nationally renowned writers Anna Kamieńska (1920-1986) and Jan Śpiewak (1908-1967). Profile of Jan Śpiewak; Wikipedia in Polish. Retrieved 2012-07-29.

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Paweł Śpiewak - parliamentary page
- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches. 1951 births Living people Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Civic Platform politicians 20th-century Polish Jews 21st-century Polish Jews Polish sociologists University of Warsaw faculty Fellows of Collegium Invisibile {{CivicPlatform-politician-stub

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