Senateof the Republicof Poland

Deputy to the Third Term Sejm

Member of the Sixth and Seventh Term Senate

Born on 19th March 1954 in Toruń.
In 1978, graduated in pedagogy from the Faculty of Humanities at "Mikołaj Kopernik" University in Toruń.
1978–1991 – academic teacher in the university's Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology. 2000–2001 – secretary of state in Prime Minister's Chancellery. 2002–2003 – president of BWB company in Toruń; 2003–2004 – director of the Legnica branch of Dozorbud company; 2004–2005 – general director of Centrum Wspierania Inicjatyw Pozarządowych (Centre for Support of Non-Governmental Initiatives) in Tarnów.
Member of the Solidarity Trade Union since 1980. 1981–1989 – edited underground press and belonged to Solidarity's leadership in Toruń region. 1989–1990 – member of the Presidium of Solidarity's Toruń Regional Board; between 1991 and 1998 – deputy chairman then chairman of Solidarity's Toruń Regional Board. 1990–1998 – member of Solidarity's National Commission. Participated in the work of the Trilateral Commission of Socio-Economic Affairs (1993–2000).
Chairman of the council of public representatives at the Provincial Hospital in Toruń and deputy chairman of the National Ecological Council.
In the Third Term Sejm was deputy chairman of the Social Policy Committee and Special Committee for the Reform of the Social Insurance System. Member of the European Integration Committee. Member of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate of the Republic of Poland to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. In the Sixth Term Senate was deputy chairman of the Agriculture and Environmental Protection Committee, member of the Legislation Committee and the Culture and Media Committee. In the Seventh Term Senate was deputy chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee and Environment Committee and member of the Culture and Media Committee.
1996–2001 – member of the Social Movement of Solidarity Electoral Action. 2001–2002 – member of Stronnictwo Konserwatywno-Ludowe – Ruch Nowej Polski (a conservative political party). Member of the Civic Platform Party of Poland, member of its national council and deputy chairman of its Kujawsko-Pomorskie regional board.
Married, has one child.