BOGDAN KLICH
Bodgan KLICH was born on 8 May 1960 in Kraków. Member of European Parliament, representing Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats. From 2004 to 2007 he was a member of following Parliamentary committees: Foreign Affairs, Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and Subcommittee on Security and Defence. Chairman of the Delegation for Relations with Belarus. Expert on foreign policy and international security. Advisor to the Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Poland with the European (1998-1999). Co-author of Poland’s negotiations standpoint. Deputy Minister of Defence (1999-2000), responsible for Poland’s co-operation with NATO. Founder and President of the Institute for Strategic Studies in Kraków. Member of International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Initiator of widening Poland’s military co-operation with Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine. Deputy of Sejm of the Republic of Poland (2001-2004). Vice-Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee and member of National Defence Committee. Member of central and regional authorities of Civic Platform. Representative of Poland in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (2003). Polish observer to the European Parliament (2003-2004). Lecturer in the Department of European Studies at the Jagiellonian University. Author of over twenty publications concerning foreign policy and international security. Physician, graduated from Kraków Medical Academy. Masters in the History of Art, Jagiellonian University. In the 70-ties he co-operated with democratic opposition. Founder of the Independent Students Association at Medical Academy. During martial law he was interned in Załęże near Rzeszów, arrested and judged by Military Court for “distributing antisocialist materials”. He speaks English and French.
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