Marek Siwiec

Marek Maciej Siwiec
Marek Siwiec (2014)
Vice-President of the European Parliament 13th Vice-President in order of precedence
In office 1 January 2007 – 14 July 2009
President	Hans-Gert Pöttering
4th Chief of the Polish National Security Bureau
In office 19 February 1997 – 17 June 2004
President	Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Preceded by	Jerzy Milewski
Succeeded by	Tadeusz Bałachowicz
Personal details
Born	(1955-02-13) 13 February 1955 (age 62) Piekary Śląskie, Poland
Political party	Independent (2012–2013, 2015-present) Your Movement (2013–2015) Democratic Left Alliance (1989–2012)

Marek Maciej Siwiec (born 13 March 1955 in Piekary Slaskie) is a Polish politician and from 2004 to 2014 Member of the European Parliament for the Greater Poland Voivodship with the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union and Your Movement, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. In the European elections of 2004 he obtained 36 985 votes. He was re-elected MEP in 2009, gaining 64 976 votes.

From January 2007 to June 2009 he served as Vice-President of the European Parliament. He also chaired the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. On 12 January 2010, he criticised the current EU policy toward the country saying in the European Parliament "Ukraine is in political chaos, which I think suits many people in the EU". He was observer of the elections in Ukraine in 2006 and 2010.

Previously he was notable as Chief of the Polish National Security Bureau under President Aleksander Kwaśniewski.

Currently he serves as a coordinator of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats for the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. He is member of the Board of Yalta European Strategy foundation, President of European Friends of Israel, member of Global Leadership Council of Colorado State University.