Bogusław Marian Liberadzki (pronounced ; born 12 September 1948 in

Sochaczew Sochaczew () is a town in central Poland, with 33,456 inhabitants (as of 2023). In the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), formerly in Skierniewice Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Sochaczew County and is located approximately west ...

) is a Polish economist and politician. He has been a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

(MEP) since 2004.

Biography

Bogusław Liberadzki is a professor of economics. He was educated at Main School of Planning and Statistics (now

Warsaw School of Economics SGH Warsaw School of Economics (, ''SGH''University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United ...

. He holds the Chair of Transportation at the Warsaw School of Economics in

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(''Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie - SGH'') and is also a professor in the Maritime University of Szczecin (''Akademia Morska w Szczecinie''). He was an under secretary (vice minister) in the Ministry of Transportation and Maritime Economy 1989–1993 and minister in that ministry 1993–1997. Between 1997 and 2003 he was an MP (member of

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, lower house of Polish parliament) representing Democratic Left Alliance. Since 2003 he has sat in the

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, first as a permanent observer and then on 1 May 2003 he was appointed an MEP. He is currently vice president of the European Parliament and a member of two committees: Budgetary Control and Transport and Tourism.

Personal life

He has a wife, Grażyna and two sons (identical twins) - Kamil (MA) and Marcin (PhD), both working at the Department of Banking of the SGH.

References

External links

Bogusław Liberadzki's homepage

Photograph of young Kamil and Marcin Liberadzki with their mother
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