Zbigniew Siemiątkowski

Polish politician (born 1957)

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Zbigniew Siemiątkowski (born 8 October 1957 in Ciechanów, Poland) is a Polish politician and political scientist. He was Minister of Internal Affairs, 1996–97, and head of the Intelligence Agency (Agencja Wywiadu, or AW), 2002 – April 2004.^[1]

Life

1977-1981 studies at the University of Warsaw, earning a master's degree in political science
1987 doctorate in Humanities, University of Warsaw.
1981-1991 work in the Department of Journalism and Politics at the University of Warsaw.
1978- member of the communist PZPR, and its successors, the SdRP and SLD.
1995 Spokesman for the campaign of Aleksander Kwaśniewski; later appointed Assistant Secretary of State, and Deputy Chief of National Security.
1996-1997 Minister of Internal Affairs
2001-2002 Secretary of State^[2]
2002 appointed chief of Agencja Wywiadu.
2004 resigned from AW.

Rendition charges

On 10 January 2012 Siemiątkowski was charged with "unlawfully depriving prisoners of their liberty" in connection with the Central Intelligence Agency's operation of a Black site in Poland,^[3] which was again hidden from the public .^[4] The charges were subsequently withdrawn.^[5]

References

^ "WBJ". WBJ. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14.
^ "Zbigniew Siemiątkowski - pierwsze uzupełnienie do biografii". salon24.pl (in Polish). 30 April 2012. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
^ "Polish Ex-Official Charged With Aiding C.I.A." New York Times. 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
^ "Zarzuty za polskie więzienie CIA". wyborcza.pl. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
^ Geottig, Marcin. "Polish prosecutors to drop charges in CIA jail inquiry: report". Reuters. Reuters. Retrieved 2020-11-03.