Zbigniew Siemiątkowski

Zbigniew Siemiątkowski (born October 8, 1957 in Ciechanów ) is a Polish politician. From 1996 to 1997 he was Minister of the Interior of Poland and from 2002 to April 2004 head of the Polish foreign intelligence service Agencja Wywiadu (AW).

Life

youth

From 1977 Siemiątkowski studied political science at the University of Warsaw . In 1981 he graduated with a master's degree . In 1987 he received his doctorate in humanities.

From 1981 to 1991 he worked as a research assistant at the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw.

politics

In 1978 Siemiątkowski joined the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR). He was also a member of the successor party Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (SdRP) and the Federation of Democratic Left (SLD).

In 1995 he acted as the spokesman for Aleksander Kwaśniewski's presidential campaign . He was later appointed State Secretary in the President's Office and Deputy Head of the National Security Bureau.

From 1996 to 1997 he headed the Ministry of the Interior.

From 2001 to 2002 he was acting head of the Urząd Ochrony Państwa intelligence service .

Intelligence service

In 2002, Siemiątkowski was appointed head of the Polish foreign intelligence service Agencja Wywiadu (AW). He held this office until 2004.

In 2005, after losing the parliamentary elections , he withdrew from political life and returned to academic work at the University of Warsaw.

In March 2012, the Polish public prosecutor charged him with illegal deprivation of liberty and assault. The allegations are in connection with the so-called black sites , secret prisons of the CIA for the detention and interrogation of illegal combatants , in Poland.

family

Siemiątkowski is married.

Web links

• Profile Zbigniew Siemiątkowski on the website of the Polish Parliament (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bettina Vestring: CIA prisons - ex-chief of the secret service indicted. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012 .