Zbigniew Siemiątkowski (born 8 October 1957 in Ciechanów,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

) is a Polish politician and political scientist. He was Minister of Internal Affairs, 1996–97, and head of the Intelligence Agency (''

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'', or ''AW''), 2002 – April 2004.

Life

* 1977-1981 studies at the

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, earning a master's degree in political science * 1987 doctorate in Humanities, University of Warsaw. * 1981-1991 work in the Department of Journalism and Politics at the University of Warsaw. * 1978- member of the communist PZPR, and its successors, the SdRP and SLD. * 1995 Spokesman for the campaign of

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; later appointed Assistant Secretary of State, and Deputy Chief of National Security. * 1996-1997 Minister of Internal Affairs * 2001-2002 Secretary of State * 2002 appointed chief of ''

''. * 2004 resigned from ''AW''.

Rendition charges

On 10 January 2012 Siemiątkowski was charged with "unlawfully depriving prisoners of their liberty" in connection with the

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's operation of a Black site in Poland, which was again hidden from the public . The charges were subsequently withdrawn.

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1957 births Polish United Workers' Party members Democratic Left Alliance politicians Members of the Polish Sejm 1991–1993 Members of the Polish Sejm 1993–1997 Members of the Polish Sejm 1997–2001 Members of the Polish Sejm 2001–2005 Living people Interior ministers of Poland {{Poland-Sejm-politician-stub

Life

Rendition charges

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