Tomasz Merta
Tomasz Adam Merta (born November 7, 1965 in Legnica , † April 10, 2010 in Smolensk , Russia ) was a Polish civil servant, historian , publicist , from 2005 to 2010 the deputy minister in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as well as a state monument curator ( Generalny Konserwator Zabytków ).
Life
Merta finished his studies at the Faculty of Polish Studies of the University of Warsaw , after postgraduate studies at the School of Social Sciences at the Institute of Philology and Sociology at the Polish Academy of Sciences ( Polska Akademia Nauk ) and dissertation at the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Warsaw.
From 1996 to 1998 he worked as an assistant at the Institute of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Warsaw. From 1996 to 1999 he formed an editorial team for the Res Publica Nowa magazine . From 1996 to 2000 he was the Polish correspondent for the East European Constitutional Review , then until 2002 he held the post of editor- in- chief of the quarterly Kwartalnik Konserwatywny .
From 2000 to 2001 he was an advisor to Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. From 2001 to 2002 he was director at the Institute for National Heritage .
In the cultural field, he was one of the co-authors of the party program of Law and Justice ( Prawo i Sprawiedliwość ). He had a seat in the Council of the 4th Polish Republic ( IV Rzeczpospolita ) and in the program council of the Warsaw Uprising Museum . In 2005 he was a member of the Honorary Committee to support Lech Kaczyński in the 2005 presidential elections in Poland.
It was connected to the Kraków Center for Political Ideas ( Ośrodek Myśli Politycznej ), which belongs to the Club of Friends and Sponsors ( Klub Przyjaciół i Sponsorów OMP ). He was co-author and contributing editor of the journalistic book On the Protection of Common Sense ( W obronie zdrowego rozsądku ) from 2000 and the book Remembrance and Responsibility ( Pamięć i odpowiedzialność ) from 2005. He also published in the monthly Znak , in the daily newspaper Życie , in the magazine Rzeczpospolita , in the newspapers Gazeta Wyborcza , Przegląd Polityczny , in the monthly newspapers Więź , Newsweek Polska and in the weekly Ozon . He was a content advisor at the Education Center for Citizens ( Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej ), co-author of the curriculum and textbook on knowledge about society, history and entrepreneurship ( Wiedza o społeczeństwie, historii i przedsiębiorczości ) and methodological guide for teachers.
On November 4, 2005 he was appointed Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as well as the State Monument Conservator ( Generalny konserwator zabytków ).
On April 10, 2010, Merta was part of a Polish delegation headed by President Lech Kaczyński , who was to travel to the memorial in Russia on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Katyn massacre . However, in a plane crash of the delegation near the Smolensk-Nord military airfield , he was killed along with other high-ranking representatives of Poland.
Posthumously , Merta was awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Krzyż Komandorski z Gwiazdą Orderu Odrodzenia Polski) on April 16, 2010 .
References
Web links
- Nota biograficzna na stronie MKiDN . Biographical data of the Ministry MKiDN (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nieobecni.com.pl - polskie cmentarze i Groby. Retrieved March 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Biuro Prasowe Kancelarii Sejmu (Press Office of the Sejm): Komunikat No. 163 / VI kad. , accessed April 18, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merta, Tomasz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Merta, Tomasz Adam (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish politician, member of the Sejm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Legnica |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 2010 |
| Place of death | Smolensk , Russia |