Ryszard Legutko
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Ryszard Legutko
(Kielce, 25 February 2014) |
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| First Vice-Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists Polish Delegation |
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Assumed office 11 December 2011 |
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| Chairman | Syed Kamall |
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Hans-Olaf Henkel Raffaele Fitto Roberts Zīle Helga Stevens Geoffrey Van Orden Jan Zahradil (until 2014) Derk Jan Eppink (until 2014) |
| Minister of National Education | |
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In office 13 August 2007 – 16 November 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Preceded by | Roman Giertych |
| Succeeded by | Katarzyna Hall |
| Member of the European Parliament for Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Lower Silesian and Opole |
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In office 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2014 |
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| Personal details | |
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December 24, 1949 Kraków, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | Law and Justice |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
| Occupation | Politician, philosopher |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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| Website | www |
Ryszard Antoni Legutko (Polish pronunciation: [ˈrɨʂart anˈtɔɲi lɛˈɡutkɔ]), born 24 December 1949, is a Polish philosopher and politician. Professor of philosophy at the Jagellonian University in Kraków, specializing in ancient philosophy and political theory.
Under communism he was one of the editors of the samizdat quarterly “Arka”. After the collapse of the communist regime he co-founded the Centre for Political Thought, which combines research, teaching, seminars and conferences and is also a publishing house. He has translated and written commentaries to Plato’s Phaedo (1995), Euthyphro (1998) and Apology (2003). He is the author of several books: Plato’s Critique of Democracy (1990), Toleration (1997), A Treatise on Liberty (2007) and An Essay on the Polish Soul (2008), Socrates (2013).
In 2005 he was elected to a seat in the Polish Senate (representing the Law and Justice Party), where he became Deputy Speaker. In 2007 he was Poland’s Education Minister, and in 2007-2009 Secretary of State in the Chancellery of President Lech Kaczyński. He is currently a member of the European Parliament, where he sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee, and a Vice-Chair of the Conservatives and Reformists parliamentary group.
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