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Wlodzimierz
Cimoszewicz |
Wlodzimierz
Cimoszewicz
Head of Government in Residence
March 26 - April 5, 2007
Public
Address: " Entering a Uniting Europe: The Polish Experience,"
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz served as the Prime Minister
of Poland (1996-1997), the Foreign Minister of Poland in the governments
of Leszek Miller (2001-2004), Marek Belka (2004-2005) and the speaker
of the Sejm (lower chamber of the Polish parliament in 2005). Cimoszewicz
has been a member of Parliament since 1989.
In 1990, he ran in Poland’s first presidential
election and, in 1991, having chaired the parliamentary Club of
the Democratic Left Alliance from 1990-1991, he founded the Democratic
Left Alliance (SLD). He also founded the ‘Poland in Europe’
Foundation of Social Initiatives.
After graduating from the Law Department of Warsaw
University in 1972, he worked as an assistant and then lecturer
at the university’s Institute of International Law until 1985.
He was awarded his doctorate in legal sciences, specializing in
international public law, in 1978. Cimoszewicz’s academic
interests include the preferential treatment granted to developing
countries in international trade and a possible revision of the
United Nations Charter.
A Fulbright Foundation Fellow at Columbia University,
New York from 1980 to 1981, Cimoszewicz is also the recipient of
honorary doctor’s degrees from Appalachian University (1998)
and the University of South Carolina (1997).
Cimoszewicz
was born in Warsaw; he is married with two children.
The Prime Minister's
address was attended by a crowd of over 300 students and members
of the community. To view an article on the event by The Greenville
News, click here;
by a Furman student, Jessica Taylor, click
here, and by FUnet writer, Weston Dravenstadt, click
here.
Dr. Tom Kazee, VP for Academic Affairs & Dean introducing
the Prime Minister |
Prime Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz |
Cimoszewicz |
Cimoszewicz |
The Prime Minister addressing a crowd of over 300 students and
community members |
Cimoszewicz |
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