Anna Fotyga
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Anna Elżbieta Fotyga (born January 12, 1957 in Lębork ) is a Polish politician. It belongs to the nationalist conservative party Law and Justice (PiS) and was from May 2006 to November 2007, Foreign Minister of their country.
Life
Fotyga studied international trade at the University of Gdansk and graduated in 1981. In 1980/1981 she worked for the Solidarność trade union , of which she headed the international office. After working in business during the time of martial law , she returned to politics after 1989, among other things from 1997 to 2001 as a foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek . From 2002 to 2004 she was Deputy Mayor of Gdańsk .
In 2004 Fotyga was elected to the European Parliament and belonged to the UEN group together with the other members of the PiS . On November 22, 2005, she resigned from her mandate. From October 31, 2005 to May 9, 2006 she was State Secretary to the non-party Foreign Minister Stefan Meller . Under Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński , she eventually became Foreign Minister herself. After the election defeat in 2007, President Lech Kaczyński's longtime confidante moved to the presidential office. On August 20, 2008, she suddenly resigned from the position of head of the presidential chancellery.
In February 2007 Fotyga demanded from Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier that Germany should grant the Polish population in the country minority rights. In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , she said afterwards that Poland was subject to "assimilation" in Germany that was much more severe than in other countries of the European Union.
In an interview given to the International Herald Tribune on August 14, 2007, Fotyga pointed out the close ties between Berlin and Moscow (the "historical enemies") and said that Warsaw must defend its interests within the EU and NATO:
"With growing concern over Russia's use of its energy wealth as a political weapon, German restitution claims for property ceded to Poland after 1945 and close ties between its historic enemies, Moscow and Berlin, Fotyga says, Warsaw has to fight to defend its interests inside the EU and the Western military alliance.
With growing concerns about the use of Russian energy resources as a political weapon and the German claims for restitution due to property ceded to Poland after 1945, as well as the close ties between its historical enemies Moscow and Berlin, Warsaw has to fight to defend its interests within the EU and the Western alliance, says Fotyga . "
The then Defense Minister and Fotyga's later successor as Poland’s Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski , made a similar statement regarding German-Russian relations with Poland, especially in the energy sector , when he compared them with the Hitler-Stalin Pact .
In the European elections in 2014 , she moved back to the European Parliament for the PiS party, where she is a member of the board of the Group of European Conservatives and Reformers . She is one of 89 people from the European Union against whom Russia imposed an entry ban in May 2015 .
Anna Fotyga is married and has two grown children.
literature
- Anna Fotyga , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 05/2008 of January 29, 2008, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- CV on the website of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in English)
- CV on the website of the Council of Ministers (in English)
- Entry on Anna Fotyga in the European Parliament 's database of MEPs
Individual evidence
- ^ "Poland demands rights for minorities" in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of February 1, 2007
- ^ "Poland's status still" not equal ", foreign minister says" in the International Herald Tribune of August 14, 2007
- ↑ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2342001,00.html
- ↑ Andreas Borcholte: Entry bans: Russia accuses EU politicians of showing behavior. In: Spiegel Online. May 31, 2015, accessed June 1, 2015 .
- ^ RUS: Russian Visa Blocking List. (PDF 23 KB) In: yle.fi. May 26, 2015, accessed June 1, 2015 .
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Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz | Ludwik Dorn | Anna Fotyga (from 2006) | Grażyna Gęsicka | Roman Giertych (from 2006) | Wojciech Jasiński (from 2006) | Antoni Jaszczak (from 2006) | Anna Kalata (from 2006) | Andrzej Lepper (from 2006) | Tomasz Lipiec | Jerzy Polaczek | Zbigniew Religa | Michał Seweryński | Radosław Sikorski | Jan Szyszko | Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski | Zbigniew Aquarius | Rafał Wiechecki (from 2006) | Paweł Wojciechowski (from 2006) | Piotr Grzegorz Woźniak | Zbigniew Ziobro
Zyta Gilowska (2006) | Krzysztof Jurgiel (2005-2006) | Teresa Lubińska (2005–2006) | Stefan Meller (2005–2006) | Krzysztof Michałkiewicz (2005–2006) | Andrzej Mikosz (2005-2006)
Jarosław Kaczyński | Mirosław Barszcz (from 2007) | Mariusz Błaszczak (from 2007) | Anna Fotyga | Grażyna Gęsicka | Zyta Gilowska (from 2006) | Przemysław Gosiewski | Marek Gróbarczyk (from 2007) | Elżbieta Jakubiak (from 2007) | Wojciech Jasiński | Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska (from 2007) | Ryszard Legutko (from 2007) | Jerzy Polaczek | Zbigniew Religa | Michał Seweryński | Władysław Stasiak (from 2007) | Aleksander Szczygło (from 2007) | Jan Szyszko | Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski | Zbigniew Aquarius | Piotr Grzegorz Woźniak | Zbigniew Ziobro
Retired : Andrzej Aumiller (2006–2007) |
Ludwik Dorn (2006–2007) |
Roman Giertych (2006–2007) |
Antoni Jaszczak (2006) |
Janusz Kaczmarek (2007) |
Anna Kalata (2006-2007) |
Stanisław Kluza (2006) |
Andrzej Lepper (2006-2007) |
Tomasz Lipiec (2006-2007) |
Radosław Sikorski (2006–2007) |
Rafał Wiechecki (2006-2007)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fotyga, Anna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fotyga, Anna Elżbieta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish politician (PiS), MEP and Foreign Minister of Poland (2006-2007) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lębork , Poland |