Jerzy Buzek
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Jerzy Buzek MEP |
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| Chair of the European Parliament Industry, Research and Energy Committee | |
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Assumed office 7 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | New position |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 13 January 2004 |
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| Constituency | Poland |
| President of the European Parliament | |
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In office 14 July 2009 – 17 January 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Hans-Gert Pöttering |
| Succeeded by | Martin Schulz |
| Prime Minister of Poland | |
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In office 31 October 1997 – 19 October 2001 |
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| President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
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| Preceded by | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz |
| Succeeded by | Leszek Miller |
| Member of the Sejm | |
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In office 21 September 1997 – 13 January 2004 |
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| Constituency | Warsaw I |
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Jerzy Karol Buzek 3 July 1940 Smilovice, Czech Republic |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party |
 Polish:Civic Platform  EU:European People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ludgarda Buzek |
| Children | Agata |
| Alma mater | Silesian University of Technology |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
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Jerzy Karol Buzek [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈbuzɛk] (born 3 July 1940) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament from Poland. He has served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001, since being elected to the European Parliament in 2004, he has served as President of the European Parliament between 2009 and 2012. He is married to Ludgarda Buzek and is the father of Polish actress Agata Buzek.
Jerzy Karol Buzek was born to a Lutheran family on 3 July 1940 in Smilovice, Czechoslovakia (under the National Socialist German occupation). He was born into the prominent Buzek family, which participated in Polish politics in the Second Polish Republic during the interbellum. The family was part of the Polish community in Zaolzie. Buzek's father was an engineer. After the Second World War, his family moved to Chorzów. He is a Lutheran.
In 1963 Jerzy Buzek graduated from the Mechanics-and-Energy Division of the Silesian University of Technology, specialising in chemical engineering. He became a scientist in the Chemical Engineering Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Since 1997 he has been a professor of technical science. He is also an honorary doctor of the universities in Seoul and Dortmund.
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