45 Notable alumni of
Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
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Marie Curie-Sklodowska University is 738th in the world, 264th in Europe, and 17th in Poland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 45 notable alumni from Marie Curie-Sklodowska University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jan Żabiński
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- physiologistzoologistethologist
- Biography
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Jan Żabiński and his wife Antonina Żabińska (née Erdman) (1908–1971) were a Polish couple from Warsaw, recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations for their heroic rescue of Jews during the Holocaust in Poland. Jan Żabiński was a zoologist and zootechnician by profession, a scientist, and organizer and director of the renowned Warsaw Zoo before and during World War II. He became director of the Zoo before the outbreak of war but during the occupation of Poland also held a prestigious function of the Superintendent of the city's public parks in 1939–1945. A street in Warsaw is named after him.
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Urszula
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- recording artistsinger
- Biography
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Urszula Beata Kasprzak, usually known simply as Urszula, is a Polish pop and rock singer and also a piano player and accordionist.
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Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik
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- politicianhistory teacherspokespersonjournalist
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Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik is a Polish right-wing politician, historian, and journalist, serving as a Member of the European Parliament for the tenth term.
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Małgorzata Sadurska
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- politician
- Biography
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Małgorzata Barbara Sadurska is a Polish politician, member of the Sejm (2005–2015) and chief of the Presidential Chancellery (2015–2017).
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Anna Moskwa
- Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
- Studied international relations
- Occupations
- sociologisteconomist
- Biography
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Anna Moskwa is a Polish politician who has been serving as Minister of Climate and Environment under Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in his second cabinet since 26 October 2021. She is the second minister to hold the position, after inaugural minister Michał Kurtyka. Moskwa has also previously served as Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Marine Economy and Inland Navigation.
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Krzysztof Żuk
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- economist
- Biography
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Krzysztof Żuk is a Polish economist, and since 2010, the mayor of the city of Lublin. He previously served as deputy mayor of Lublin from 2006 to 2007, was the chairperson of Świdnik City Council from 1990 to 1996, and the Undersecretary of State at the Polish Ministry of State Treasury from 2007 to 2009.
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Zoryana Skaletska
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- statesperson
- Biography
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Zoriana Stepanivna Skaletska is a Ukrainian lawyer, activist and politician and former Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine.
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Krzysztof Hetman
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- politician
- Biography
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Krzysztof Andrzej Hetman is a Polish politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014. Since December 2023, he has served as Minister of Economic Development and Technology.
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Marta Wcisło
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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Marta Anna Wcisło is a Polish educator, politician and member of the Civic Platform.
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Riad Haidar
- Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
- In 2003 studied European studies
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Riad Haidar was a Polish politician, physician, and social activist. From 2019 to 2023 he was a member of the Sejm of Poland, and from 2010 to 2019 he was a member of the Lublin Voivodeship Sejmik. From 1998 to 2019 he was the medical director of the Neonatology Ward of the Voivodeship Specialist Hospital in Biała Podlaska.
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Ewa Leniart
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- politician
- Biography
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Ewa Maria Leniart is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm (9th term) representing the constituency of Rzeszów.
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Jan Bury
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- politician
- Biography
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Jan Bury is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 12050 votes in 23 Rzeszów district as a candidate from Polish People's Party list.
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Krzysztof Sobolewski
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- politicianlocal government official
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Krzysztof Sobolewski is a Polish politician and former local government official who was the chair of the Executive Committee of Law and Justice (PiS) from 2018 to 2021. In 2021 he became General Secretary of PiS and retained this position until October 2023 when he resigned in aftermath of PiS' loss of 2023 election.
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Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski
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- historianpolitician
- Biography
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Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski is a Polish politician and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He is a member of the League of Polish Families, which is a part of the Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament.
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Kasia Babis
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- YouTuberpainterdraftspersoncomics artistactivist
- Biography
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Katarzyna "Kasia" Monika Babis is a Polish author of comic books, cartoonist, illustrator, painter, author of children's books, YouTuber and political activist.
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Henryk Cioch
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- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Henryk Cioch was a Polish lawyer, lecturer, professor of law, Senator and justice of Polish Constitutional Tribunal (appointment disputed).
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Andrzej Kosztowniak
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- politician
- Biography
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Andrzej Tomasz Kosztowniak is a Polish politician. He is a member of the Law and Justice party and was the mayor of Radom from November 2006 to November 2014, when he was succeeded by Radosław Witkowski.
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Gabriela Masłowska
- Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
- Studied in 1974
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Gabriela Masłowska is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 11,977 votes in 6 Lublin district as a candidate from the League of Polish Families list.
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Barbara Bartuś
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- politician
- Biography
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Barbara Halina Bartuś née Gurbisz is a Polish politician, a Member of Polish Parliament from 4th to 10th Sejm.
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Bożena Żelazowska
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- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Bożena Żelazowska is a Polish politician of the Polish People's Party. She has been a member of the Sejm since 2019, and has served as secretary of state of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage since 2023. She was a member of the Masovian Voivodeship Sejmik from 2014 to 2019, and was the lead candidate of the Third Way in Masovia in the 2024 European Parliament election.
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Józef Zając
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Józef Zając is a Polish mathematician, academic teacher, and habilitated doctor of mathematical sciences. Zając is also a senator of the VIII, IX and X Senate of Poland. He is also a member of the Agreement political party.
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Krystyna Skowrońska
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- politician
- Biography
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Krystyna Skowrońska is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 16479 votes in 23 Rzeszów district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.
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Konrad Frysztak
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- volleyball player
- Biography
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Konrad Frysztak is a Polish politician serving as a member of the Sejm since 2019. From 2014 to 2019, he served as deputy mayor of Radom. He has been a substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2024.
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Zdzisław Podkański
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- politician
- Biography
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Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański was a Polish politician.
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Edward Wojtas
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- politician
- Biography
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Edward Wojtas was a member of the Polish Sejm and a politician active in the Polish People's Party (PSL).
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Wojciech Wilk
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wojciech Wilk is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 5,501 votes in 6 Lublin district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.
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Jacek Czerniak
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jacek Czerniak is a Polish politician and political scientist. Member of the Sejm representing Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and the New Left (after SLD merged with Spring into a new party in 2021).
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Jerzy Bartmiński
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- folkloristethnographerslavistanthropologistlinguist
- Biography
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Jerzy Bartmiński was a Polish linguist and ethnologist.
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Stanisław Iwanicki
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Stanisław Iwanicki is a Polish lawyer and politician.
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Jerzy Łoś
- Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
- Studied in 1945-1947
- Occupations
- university teachermathematicianeconomistphilosopher
- Biography
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Jerzy Łoś was a Polish mathematician, logician, economist, and philosopher. He is especially known for his work in model theory, in particular for "Łoś's theorem", which states that any first-order formula is true in an ultraproduct if and only if it is true in "most" factors (see ultraproduct for details). In model theory he also proved many preservation theorems, but he gave significant contributions, as well, to foundations of mathematics, Abelian group theory and universal algebra. In the 60's he turned his attention to mathematical economics, focusing mainly on production processes and dynamic decision processes.
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Maciej Płaza
- Occupations
- translatorwriter
- Biography
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Maciej Płaza is a Polish writer, literary scholar and translator of English literature.
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Sławomir Ćwik
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Sławomir Ćwik is a Polish economist, lawyer, politician and member of the tenth term of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland.
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Janina Sagatowska
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- politician
- Biography
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Janina Zofia Sagatowska is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Rzeszów. She was also elected to the 11th term.
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Roman Tokarczyk
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- 1942-2022 (aged 80)
- Occupations
- philosopheruniversity teacherjurist
- Biography
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Roman Andrzej Tokarczyk is a legal scholar and philosopher, full professor, lecturing at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin, Poland, and at the Faculty of Management and Administration of the Zamość University of Management and Administration. He specializes in ethics, history of political law doctrines, comparative legal studies, philosophy of law and in American law. He has authored popular books in these fields and translated works of Hobbes and Fuller.
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Magdalena Gaj
- Occupations
- solicitor
- Biography
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Magdalena Gaj born on 25 March 1974, is a Polish state official. Since 2012, she has been President of the Office of Electronic Communications.
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Tomasz Kitliński
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- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- university teachertrade unionistactivistphilosopher
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Tomasz Kitliński is a Polish political philosopher, cultural and social analyst, and civic activist. He was a lecturer and trade unionist at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University: since 2023 he has been Professor at the Academy of the Arts in Szczecin. He is also an author of books (Dream? Democracy! ), articles, petitions and letters of protest. In his research and teaching, he deals with contemporary society, culture and politics, intellectual history, literary and critical theory, art practice, religious studies and social anthropology. In his activism, he champions women's, LGBT, labour and refugee rights and participation.
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Sylwester Czopek
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- archaeologist
- Biography
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Sylwester Czopek is the rector of Rzeszów University. He is an archaeologist and museologist. In 2011 Czopek received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
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Jolanta Róża Kozłowska
- Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
- Studied in 1983
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Jolanta Róża Kozłowska is a Polish diplomat. Ambassador to Austria (2017–2022), Consul-General in Munich (1998–2002) and Cologne (2009–2013).
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Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska
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- translatoruniversity teacherman of lettersliterary scholarlinguist
- Biography
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Monika Antonina Adamczyk-Garbowska is a Polish literature expert, professor of humanistic studies, and expert in the field of American and comparative literature.
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Dariusz Pawłoś
- Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
- 1988-1993 graduated with magister degree in German studies
- Occupations
- teacherGermanist
- Biography
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Dariusz Pawłoś is a Polish Germanist and diplomat, from 2022 to 2024 serving as an ambassador to Germany.
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Piotr Wojtczak
- Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
- Studied Romance studies and political science
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Piotr Wojtczak is a Polish diplomat, from 2017 to 2024 he was serving as an ambassador to Luxembourg.
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Beata Choma
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- 20th Century
- Occupations
- athleteballoonist
- Biography
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Beata Choma is a Polish ballooning athlete.
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Artur Orzechowski
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- 20th Century
- Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
- Graduated with magister degree in Romance studies
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Artur Jan Orzechowski is a Polish diplomat serving as an ambassador to Belgium from 2016 to 2021.
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Alina Kabata-Pendias
- Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
- Studied in 1950
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Alina Kabata-Pendias was a Polish chemist working in the field of biogeochemistry and soil science. She was a professor of agricultural sciences associated with the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation in Puławy (IUNG), and the State Geological Institute (PGI). She was a specialist in the field of biogeochemistry of trace elements. Her husband was Henryk Pendias, a geologist and geochemist at PGI. Among other awards, she was the recipient of the Golden Cross of Merit, Order of Polonia Restituta, and the Armia Krajowa Cross.
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Anna Pieńkosz
- Enrolled in Marie Curie-Sklodowska University
- Graduated with magister degree in Romance studies
- Occupations
- diplomatcivil servant
- Biography
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Anna Pieńkosz is a Polish civil servant and diplomat, she served as an ambassador to Cuba (2015–2020).
