Czesław Siekierski

Czesław Adam Siekierski (born 8 October 1952) is a Polish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), between 2004 and 2019, for the Lesser Poland Voivodship & Swietokrzyskie Voivodship with the Polish People's Party, part of the European People's Party. On 7 July 2014, Czesław Siekierski was elected Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Siekierski is a member of the Conference of Committee Chairs and Delegation for relations with Canada and a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control and Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China.

Education

 * 1976: Master's in Engineering
 * 1986: Doctor of Economic-Agricultural Studies

Career

 * since 1976: Lecturer at the Warsaw Agricultural University
 * 1994-1998: Director of the Foundation of Assistance Programmes for Agriculture (FAPA)
 * 1971-1977: Chairman of the Council of the University Union of Polish Students
 * 1981-1982: Head of the Chief Organising Section of the United Peasants' Party (ZSL)
 * 1999-2002: Secretary to the Chief Executive Committee of the Polish Peasants' Party (PSL)
 * 1986-1990: Regional councillor on the National Warsaw-Mokotów Council
 * 2001-2003: Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
 * 1997-2004: Member of Parliament of the Polish Republic
 * 1997-2001: Vice-Chairman of the Economic Committee
 * 2003-2004: Observer to the EP
 * since 1978: Active member of the Association of Engineers and Agricultural Technicians (since 1977) and of the Polish Economic Society

Decorations

 * 1997: Knight's Cross of the Order of Poland Reborn