(has expressed interest in the position)

Country: Poland

Areas of Expertise:

Current Positions:

• Outgoing President of Poland (end of second term 31, December 2005)

Education:

• Studied transport economics and foreign trade at the University of GdaEsk between 1973-77 (he did not graduate)

Past Positions:

• Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the National Assembly (1993-1995)

General Information:

• Co-author of the Draft Constitution and instrumental in bringing the new Constitution to successful referendum, following which he signed in 1997
• Instrumental in securing Polish membership in NATO in 1999