Curriculum Vitae

WŁODZIMIERZ CIMOSZEWICZ

Personal Information

Born In 1950, In Warsaw Poland. Married to Barbara, two children Natasza and Tomasz, three granddaughters.

Political Positions

2007 – present              Senator (independent), Polish Parliament

1989 – 2005                   Member of Polish Parliament

Member of numerous parliamentary committees among them the Minorities Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee.

2005                               Speaker of the House (Sejm), Polish Parliament

2001 – 2005                   Minister of Foreign Affairs

Responsible for Polish accession to the European Union. Proposed a model of reform for the United Nations. As a Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, represented the Council of Europe in round table talks during the presidential election crisis in Ukraine. Created Diplomatic Academy of Poland.

1996 – 1997                    Prime Minister

Negotiated Polish membership to NATO. Reformed the structure of government and achieved the highest economic growth since the collapse of communism. Credited with the most successful decrease in unemployment since 1989, in Poland.

1995 – 1996                    Chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the

National Assembly

Responsible for heading efforts that led to the creation of the new Polish constitution.

1995 – 1996                     Deputy Speaker of the House (Sejm), Polish

Parliament

1993 – 1995                     Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice

Launched the first anti-corruption campaign “Clean Hands”, whose main objective was to bring financial transparency to the highest levels of Polish government, and financial accountability for public servants.

1995 – 1996

1992 – 1993             Member of the Council of Europe Parliamentary

Assembly and a rappourteur to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights

1990 - 1991             Chairman of the largest political parliamentary

Caucus of the Democratic Left

Academic Accomplishments

1978 Doctorate in Public International Law, Warsaw University.

1972 – 1985 Lecturer at the Institute of International Law of Warsaw

University.

1980 – 1981 Fulbright Foundation scholar and a lecturer at Columbia

University, New York.

2006 – present Head of the Foreign Policy Center at the Law School of

Białystok University.

1997 – present Honorary Lecturer at the Wofford College, Appalachian

State University, University of New York, University of South Carolina, Furman University, Queens College, University of Maryland, and several other academic institutions in the US and Canada.

Honorary Doctorates:

University of South Carolina, Appalachian State University, and Odessa University in Ukraine.

Special Interests

Avid supporter of environmental issues and an ardent defender of Polish ecology. Passionate photographer of nature, in particular of the pristine Białowieza Forest.

Great interest in world history and emerging technologies.