Jacek Starościak

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Jacek Starościak (2015)

Jacek Mariusz Starościak (born September 10, 1947 in Danzig , Poland ) is a Polish engineer and diplomat . From 1990 to 1991 he was the first mayor of Gdansk after the political change .

Life

Starościak studied electrical engineering (electronics with a focus on navigation ) at the Technical University of Gdansk from 1965 to 1971 after graduating from the Nikolaus-Kopernikus-Lyceum . He then worked as an assistant at the Navigation Faculty of the Maritime Academy (WSM) in Gdynia , before moving to the Instytut Morski (Maritime Institute) in Gdansk as an assistant professor in 1973 . In 1978 he started a one-year British Council fellowship at the City of London Polytechnic . From 1983 to 1984 he worked in the field of the Polish shipping register and the International Maritime Organization IMO . Subsequently, until 1989 he was chief editor for scientific and professional literature in the maritime publishing industry.

In 1980 Starościak joined Solidarność and became chairman of the works council of Instytut Morski . During the time of martial law , he was involved in the support committee of the diocese . In 1985 he co-founded the Club of Catholic Intelligence (KIK, Kluby Inteligencji Katolickiej ) in Gdansk, whose secretary he became after official approval in August 1988. At the time of the change he became head of a voivodship office of the Obywatelski Klub Parlamentarny (OKP).

In addition, Starościak became a member of the Gdańsk City Council in 1990 , which elected him on July 10, 1990 in the first democratic election as city president. Starosciak has held this post until the end of June 1991, was among others the impetus for the founding of the Union of Baltic Cities (Union of Baltic Cities) based in Gdansk. From August 1991 he was head of the international office and then the office of the President of the Republic of Poland Lech Wałęsa . With the Foreign Ministry since 1995 , in 1998 he took over the post of Consul General of the Republic of Poland in London and then became head of the international secretariat of the Baltic Sea Council in Stockholm . After returning to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Starościak was advisor to the minister for the accession negotiations to the European Union and chairman of the coordination committee during the Polish presidency of the Central European Initiative (CEI).

In December 2003, Starościak moved to Bank Pekao as director of the chairman's office and in 2008 became director of compliance and risk management .

In 2001, the city of Gdańsk honored Starościak with the Medal of Prince Mestwin II (Medal Księcia Mściwoja II) .

Fonts (selection)

  • Poradnik poszukiwania i ratowania dla statków handlowych (MERSAR) . Międzynarodowa Organizacja Morska (IMO). Gdańsk 1986.
  • The Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS). Its mandate and working procedures and its significance for the Baltic Sea Region . SCHIFF Texts No. 56, Kiel 1999.
  • The Council of the Baltic Sea State. 2001.
  • Aleja Zwycięstwa 38 . Gdańsk 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stowarzyszenie Kultury Zdrowotnej Sportu. Retrieved February 17, 2020 (Polish).
personal data
SURNAME Starościak, Jacek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish diplomat and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig