22 Notable alumni of
Silesian University of Technology
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The Silesian University of Technology is 1139th in the world, 407th in Europe, and 25th in Poland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from the Silesian University of Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jerzy Buzek
- Occupations
- engineerchemistuniversity teacherpoliticiantrade unionist
- Biography
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Jerzy Karol Buzek is a Polish politician and former Member of the European Parliament from Poland. He has served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001, since being elected to the European Parliament in 2004, he served as President of the European Parliament between 2009 and 2012. He is married to Ludgarda Buzek and is the father of Polish actress Agata Buzek.
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Marian Krzaklewski
- Enrolled in the Silesian University of Technology
- Studied in 1975
- Occupations
- university teachertrade unionistengineerpolitician
- Biography
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Marian Krzaklewski is a Polish politician. A member of Solidarity since the 1980s, he was one of the most known and influential Polish politicians in the late 1990s, when he created the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS). The AWS coalition, especially when it joined forces with Freedom Union, was a major accomplishment in Polish politics, transforming the fragmented post-Solidarity camp into a powerful political force.
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Adam Gierek
- Occupations
- engineerpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Adam Gierek is a Polish politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Silesian Voivodship, serving from 2001 to 2019. During his time in the European Parliament, he was a member of the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union, part of the Socialist Group, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He is a son of Edward Gierek.
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Zygmunt Frankiewicz
- Occupations
- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Zygmunt Frankiewicz is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Katowice. He was also elected to the 11th term.
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Róża Maria Goździewska
- Years
- 1936-1989 (aged 53)
- Occupations
- emergency medical techniciannurse
- Biography
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Róża Maria Goździewska was a Polish nurse, known as the youngest nurse of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising when she was a child.
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Ryszard Pawłowski
- Occupations
- electrical engineermountaineerelectrician
- Biography
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Ryszard Pawłowski - Polish alpine and high-altitude climber and photographer. Member of The Explorers Club.
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Mirosław Sekuła
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mirosław Sekuła is a Polish chemist and politician. A member of the Sejm between 1997 and 2001 and again between 2007 and 2011, Sekuła also served as President of the Supreme Audit Office between 2001 and 2007, as Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Finance between 2011 and 2013, and as the sixth Marshal of Silesian Voivodeship between 2013 and 2014.
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Roman Fritz
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Roman Fritz is a Polish politician and entrepreneur, he serves as a member of the 10th term Sejm.
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Jerzy Czerwiński
- Occupations
- politiciancomputer scientistteacher
- Biography
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Jerzy Czerwiński was a Polish politician. He was elected to the Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Opole.
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Edward Makula
- Years
- 1930-1996 (aged 66)
- Occupations
- glider pilot
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Edward Makula was a Polish glider pilot and engineer.
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Krzysztof Gadowski
- Occupations
- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Krzysztof Jan Gadowski is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7705 votes in 30 Rybnik district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.
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Wojciech Piecha
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wojciech Piotr Piecha is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Bielsko-Biała. He was also elected to the 9th term (2015–2019) of the Senate of Poland.
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Joanna Sekuła
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Joanna Sekuła is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Katowice.
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Marek Baraniecki
- Occupations
- writerjournalistscience fiction writer
- Biography
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Marek Baraniecki is a Polish science fiction writer and journalist. He graduated in environmental engineering. In 1985 he published a short story collection Głowa Kasandry, and for a novel with the same title he was given the Janusz A. Zajdel Award.
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Kazimierz Matuszny
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kazimierz Władysław Matuszny is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 9,033 votes in 27 Bielsko-Biała district as a candidate from the Law and Justice list.
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Ryszard Knosala
- Occupations
- engineerpoliticianresearcher
- Biography
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Ryszard Antoni Knosala is a Polish engineer, professor of technical sciences and politician. He was the first Rector of the University of Applied Sciences in Nysa, starting from 5 October 2001. Knosala was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 9087 votes in 21 Opole district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.
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Andrzej Gałażewski
- Occupations
- mechanical engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Andrzej Józef Gałażewski is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 9524 votes in 29 Gliwice district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.
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Jacek Bierkowski
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Jacek Marek Bierkowski is a Polish fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Tadeusz Patzek
- Occupations
- engineerresearcher
- Biography
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Tadeusz "Tad" W. Patzek is a Polish-American chemical engineer and physicist.
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Maciej Klich
- Occupations
- graphic artisthistoriandissident
- Biography
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Maciej Klich [ˈmat͡ɕɛj klʲix'] (born 28 February 1958) is a Polish historian, graphic artist, and former anti-communist Polish independence activist. In 1980, Klich co-founded the Independent Students' Association (Polish: Niezależne Zrzeszenie Studentów, NZS) in Silesia. Klich was interned on 24 December 1981, during the martial law set by the communist regime in Poland. In internment camps, Klich created 70+ stamps for the so-called "camp mail". Klich was released on 23 July 1982. After his release, Klich participated in the underground Solidarity, and the underground Independent Students' Association.
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Maria Jastrzębska
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Maria Wanda Jastrzębska was a Polish electronics engineer, and university teacher at Silesian University of Technology and Opole University of Technology.
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Zuzanna Siwy
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Zuzanna Stefania Siwy is a Polish–American chemist at the University of California, Irvine. Her research considers synthetic nanopores and their application in ionic devices. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science and Foundation for Polish Science.
