Piotr Naimski

Piotr Aleksander Naimski (born 2 February 1951) is a Polish politician and academic who is a Member of the Sejm. He previously served as the Deputy Minister of Economy and the Head of the Office for State Protection.

Piotr Naimski
Member of the Sejm
Assumed office
9 October 2011
Deputy Minister of Economy
In office
23 November 2005 – 5 November 2007
Head of the Office for State Protection
In office
1 February 1992 – 5 June 1992
Preceded byAndrzej Milczanowski
Succeeded byAndrzej Milczanowski
Personal details
Born
Piotr Aleksander Naimski

(1951-02-02) 2 February 1951
Warsaw, Poland
Political partyLaw and Justice
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw (Ph.D.)
ProfessionPolitician, academic
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WebsiteOfficial website

Biography

Piotr Naimski was born on 2 February 1951. In 1968, he graduated from the Tadeusz Rejtan High School in Warsaw. He then studied at the University of Warsaw. In 1981 he received a Doctor of Philosophy in natural science. From 1976 to 1980, Naimski worked at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He was a researcher at the New York University School of Medicine from 1981 to 1984. From 1996 to 2009, Naimski was on faculty at the Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National-Louis University, where he has been the Dean of the Faculty of Political Studies.

Since 1964, Naimski was part of the "Black One" scout troop. Naimski took part in organizing assistance to oppressed workers in Radom and Ursus following the June 1976 protests. He was active in the Workers' Defence Committee, working closely with Antoni Macierewicz. In 1980-1981, he served on the board of the Center for Social Research of Solidarity.

In 1981, Naimski was on scholarship in New York City, where he co-organized assistance for Solidarity. He worked at Głos and Wiadomości Dnia after returning to Warsaw in July 1984.

Naimski was the Director of Głos Publishing from 1989 to 1992, and subsequently worked at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was the Head of the Office for State Protection from 1 February 1992 to 5 June 1992. From 1992 to 1996, Naimski was the President of the Atlantic Club. From 1999 to 2001 he was national security adviser in the office of Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek.

From 23 November 2005 to 5 November 2007 Naimski was the Deputy Minister of Economy. In 2008, he became an advisor to the Head of the National Security Bureau and a member of the Energy Security Team in the Chancellery of the President. Following the death of President Lech Kaczynski, Naimski resigned from these functions.

Later, Naimski became an advisor at New Direction, a think tank created by the European Conservatives and Reformists. In the 2011 parliamentary elections, he successfully ran for the Sejm, contesting from the Law and Justice list in Nowy Sącz. He was reelected in 2015.

In an interview with Central European Financial Observer, Naimski has denied that Polish government wanted to restructure its domestic coal sector.[1]

References
  1. "Coal still the king". Malgosia Krakowska, Jo Harper Central European Financial Observer. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
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