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11 Facts About Jerzy Konieczny

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Jerzy Marian Konieczny was a Polish lawyer, civil servant, academic and author.

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Jerzy Konieczny then served briefly as Minister of the Interior from 1995 to 1996.

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Jerzy Konieczny earned a degree in chemistry from the University of Silesia in Katowice and studied law at Jagiellonian University.

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Jerzy Konieczny completed a postdoctoral degree in legal science from the University of Silesia in 1990.

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Jerzy Konieczny served as Chief of the Urzad Ochrony Panstwa from 1992 to 1993.

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Jerzy Konieczny later served as the Minister of the Interior from 29 December 1995 until 7 February 1996, in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Jozef Oleksy.

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In 1997, Jerzy Konieczny ran for a Warsaw-based seat in the Sejm as a Democratic Left Alliance candidate, but lost the election.

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Jerzy Konieczny left politics and civil service to become an academic.

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Jerzy Konieczny lectured and taught at the University of Silesia in Katowice, the Krakow Academy Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, the University of Opole, and the University of Management and Marketing in Warsaw.

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Jerzy Konieczny died on 27 July 2020 at the age of 69.

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Jerzy Konieczny was buried in the Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish cemetery in Rycerka Gorna on 31 July 2020.