Bronislaw Geremek

Mr. Bronislaw Geremek is the Deputy of the Sejm (lower chamber of the Polish Parliament) since 1989, and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland from 1997 to 2000. Besides his above assignments, he has assumed a number of important political and parliamentary engagements such as President of "Union for Freedom" (2000-2001), Chair of Sejm European Legislation Committee (2000-2001), Chair of Union for Freedom Parliamentary Caucus (1994-1997), Chair of Democratic Union Parliamentary Caucus and others. He first became a member of the Polish United Party in 1950.

Mr. Geremek has also been prominent in academic as Professor at Warsaw University; professor at the Collège de France; member of Academia Europea, Polish Historical Society, Soeieté Européenne de Culture, PEN Club, European Medieval Academy, Academié Universelle des Cultures and Royal Historical Society. He has been awarded a number of Honorary Degrees orders and prizes including QUA Montreal (Canada), Universitè Marc Bloch (Strasbourg), Waseda University (Japan), Columbia University (U.S.), Grand Croix de l'Ordre de Leopold II (Belgium), Commandeur dans l'Ordre National du Merite (France), Prix "Politique Internationale/Sorbonne" (Paris, 2000) and European Civic Prize, ELDR Group in the European Parliament (1999).

Mr. Geremek has authored a number of books. Recent publications include: Bronislaw Geremek en diálogo con J.C. Vidal, (Madrid 1997), Passions Communes (Paris 1993), La Democrazia in Europa (with R. Daherndorf and F. Furet, Rome 1993), etc.