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Michał Seweryński

Michał Seweryński

  • Constituency No. 27
  • Law and Justice Election Committee
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Born on 1st July 1939 in Łódź.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Łódź in 1962. Between 1965 and 1969 completed a doctoral programme at that university. Received a PhD in law in 1969 and a title of doctor habilitated in 1976. Received
a promotion to associate professor in 1987 and became a professor in the University of Łódź in 1990.
Between 1962 and 1965 he completed prosecutor training and worked in the Prosecutor’s Office in Łódź. Since 1969 he has been working at the University of Łódź, as a lecturer of the labour law and the European social rights. Between 1984 and 1987 he held the office of the dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration, and was the rector of the University in the years 1990–1996. Between 1996 and 2005 he lectured at the Salesian School of Economics and Management in Łódź. Since 1997 he has been working as a professor at the University of Economics in Katowice. As a visiting professor he also lectured at the universities of France, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, Spain, Japan and Switzerland. He held a chair in the Legislation Council of the Prime Minister and chaired the governmental Labour Law Codification Committee (2003–2006). He held the position of the Minister of National Education in 2005 and 2006, and from 2006 to 2007 – Minister of Science and Higher Education.
His works include over 180 publications, a number of which were published in foreign languages. He is a member of national and international scientific associations. Between 2009 and 2012 he was the chairman of the International Association for Labour Law and Social Security. Between 1990 and 1996 he chaired the Polish Universities Rectors Conference. He was also the honorary consul of the Republic of France in Łódź (1999–2005), a member and chairman of the National Lay Catholics Council (1997–2005) and a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (1996–2006). He is a co-chairman on the Scientific Council of Société Historique et Littéraire Polonaise in Paris.
Recipient of numerous state and foreign honours.
Chairman of the Human Rights, the Rule of Law and Petitions Committee and a member of the Science, Education and Sports Committee in the Eighth Term Senate.
Has no political party affiliation.
Married, has two children.