Bogdan Pęk

Bogdan Pęk

Bogdan Pęk ([ˈbɔɡdan ˈpɛ̃k], born on 8 April 1953 in Kraków) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Lesser Poland Voivodeship & Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship with the League of Polish Families, part of the Independence and Democracy and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Pęk is a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, a member of the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Belarus.

Education

• 1979: Graduate of the Agricultural Academy of Kraków
• 1996: Course for members of the Treasury Management Supervisory Councils

Career

• 1980-1985: Factory farm manager
• 1985-1990: Chairman of the Organisation of Farmers' Cooperatives
• 1980-1984: Vice-Chairman of the independent, self-governing trade union NSZZ Solidarność to the Regional Enterprise for the Meat Industry (OPPM)
• 1990-1992: Secretary (1990-1992) and Chairman of the Voivodeship Administration of the Polish Peasant Party (PSL) in Kraków
• 1996-1997: Vice-Chairman of the National Administration of the PSL
• 1988-2003: Member of the High Council of the PSL
• since 2003: Vice-Chairman of the board of the League of Polish Families
• 1986-1990: Councillor of the commune ('gmina') of Zielonka
• Member of Parliament of the Republic of Poland
• 1993-1994: Chairman of the Committee on Privatisation
• 1995-1997: Chairman of the Committee on Inspections
• 1997-2001: Vice-Chairman of the Treasury Committee and on affairs of the Institute of National Remembrance
• 1997-2003: Vice-Chairman of the PSL Parliamentary Union
• 1994: Member of the Polish Angling Association (1970) and the Polish Hunting Association

Decorations

• 1986: Bronze Cross of Merit

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)

External links

• Personal profile of Bogdan Pęk in the European Parliament's database of members
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Polish)