Zbigniew Siemiątkowski

Zbigniew Siemiątkowski (born October 8, 1957 in Ciechanów, Poland) is a Polish politician. He was Minister of Internal Affairs, 1996–97, and head of the Intelligence Agency (Agencja Wywiadu, or AW), 2002 – April 2004.^[1]

Life

• 1977-1981 studies at the University of Warsaw, earning a master's degree in political science
• 1987 doctorate in Humanities, University of Warsaw.
• 1981-1991 work in the Department of Journalism and Politics at the University of Warsaw.
• 1978- member of the communist PZPR, and its successors, the SdRP and SLD.
• 1995 Spokesman for the campaign of Aleksander Kwaśniewski; later appointed Assistant Secretary of State, and Deputy Chief of National Security.
• 1996-1997 Minister of Internal Affairs
• 2001-2002 Secretary of State
• 2002 appointed chief of Agencja Wywiadu.
• 2004 resigned from AW.

Rendition charges

On 10 January 2012 Siemiątkowski was charged with "unlawfully depriving prisoners of their liberty" in connection with the Central Intelligence Agency's operation of a Black site in Poland.,^[2] which was again hidden from the public .^[3]

See also

• History of Polish intelligence services
• List of Poles

References

1. The week's events covered in Poland AM
2. "Polish Ex-Official Charged With Aiding C.I.A.". New York Times. 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
3. "Zarzuty za polskie więzienie CIA". wyborcza.pl. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-03.