Janusz Waldemar Cisek
Under-Secretary of State of the Republic of Poland
In office
June 14, 2012 – April 24, 2013
PresidentBronisław Komorowski
Prime MinisterDonald Tusk
Executive Director of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America
In office
1992–2000
Preceded byJerzy Prus
Succeeded byIwona Korga
Personal details
BornFebruary 8, 1955
Stalowa Wola, Stalowa Wola County, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland
DiedFebruary 28, 2020 (aged 65)
Warsaw, Poland
CitizenshipPolish
Political partyPolish Peasants' Party
OccupationHistorian

Janusz Waldemar Cisek (February 8, 1955 – February 28, 2020) was a Polish historian, academic lecturer, director of the Pilsudski Institute and Polish Army Museum, from 2012 to 2013 Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Biography

A graduate of the High School National Education Commission in Stalowa Wola, in 1980 he graduated from history at the Jagiellonian University.[1] In 1993 he obtained a doctoral degree in humanities at the University of Wrocław based on the work entitled General Belarusian Branches of General Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz in the policy of Józef Piłsudski during the Polish-Bolshevik war (March-December 1920). In 2003 he was habilitated at the same university. In 2013 he received the title of professor of humanities.[2]

Initially, he worked in the Krakow archives.[1] In 1986 he went to New York, worked at the Pilsudski Institute, serving as deputy director (1989–1992) and director (1992–2000) of this institution.[3] After returning to Poland, he was the deputy department director at the Ministry of Culture (2001–2002) and vice president of Stalowa Wola (2002–2003). In 2006 he became the director of the Polish Army Museum,[1][3] which he held until 2012. As an academic lecturer he was associated with the Jagiellonian University, where he became an associate professor at the Institute of European Studies.[2] He also became the chief commander of the Strzelce Association of the Socio-Educational Organization (2008–2012), a member of the authorities of the Foundation of Former Soldiers of Special Forces GROM[4] and a member of the Polish Scientific Society in Exile.[5]

In the elections in 2011, he unsuccessfully ran for the Senate from the PSL.[6] On 11 June 2012, he was appointed undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3] On April 24, 2013, he was dismissed after resignation, which was motivated by health reasons – the need to undergo chemotherapy in connection with leukemia.[7] On February 28 in the morning he died from Leukemia.[8]

Orders

In 2009, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[9]

Selected bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c "Janusz Cisek – Interaktywna biografia". 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Nowa Nauka Polska". nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Janusz Cisek powołany na stanowisko Podsekretarza Stanu w MSZ".
  4. ^ "FUNDACJA BYŁYCH ŻOŁNIERZY JEDNOSTEK SPECJALNYCH GROM – NIP 5212852638…". archive.fo. 22 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  5. ^ "III WYBÓR CZŁONKÓW POLSKIEGO TOWARZYSTWA NAUKOWEGO NA OBCZYŹNIE – PDF Free Download". docplayer.pl. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Wybory 2011 – Wyniki kandydata w obwodach". wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Tusk: Wiceminister SZ Janusz Cisek złożył rezygnację; przyjmę ją". 27 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  8. ^ Radzimowski, Marcin (28 February 2020). "Zmarł profesor doktor habilitowany Janusz Cisek, znany historyk pochodzący ze Stalowej Woli. Przegrał walkę z chorobą". Echo Dnia Podkarpackie (in Polish). Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 11 sierpnia 2009 r. o nadaniu orderu i odznaczeń". prawo.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 29 February 2020.


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