Paweł Śpiewak Explained

Paweł Śpiewak
Nationality:Polish
Office:Member of Sejm 2005–2007
Term Start:25 September 2005
Term End:2007
Party:Civic Platform
Birth Date:17 April 1951
Birth Place:Warsaw, Poland

Paweł Śpiewak (17 April 1951 – 30 March 2023) was a Polish sociologist, historian, author and politician. He was the Director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.

Biography

Paweł Śpiewak was a Professor of Sociology at Warsaw University. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005 getting 18,403 votes in 19 Warsaw district, running as a candidate with the Civic Platform list. He did not seek reelection in 2007.

Śpiewak was a Fellow of Collegium Invisibile.[1]

In 2011, he was nominated as the Director of the Jewish Historical Institute by Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of Culture and National Heritage.[2]

Śpiewak was the son of nationally renowned writers Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986) and Jan Śpiewak (1908–1967).[3]

Śpiewak died on 30 March 2023, at the age of 71.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Fellows . ci.edu.pl . 25 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110502004640/http://www.ci.edu.pl/index.php?id=tutorzy&kat=Czlonkowie . 2 May 2011.
  2. Web site: Change at the top. https://web.archive.org/web/20120716034025/http://www.jewishinstitute.org.pl/en/home/index/0.html. 16 July 2012. usurped. Jewish Historical Institute. 29 July 2012.
  3. [:pl:Jan Śpiewak|Profile of Jan Śpiewak]
  4. https://tvpworld.com/68863444/pawel-spiewak-prominent-jewishpolish-sociologist-and-historian-dies-at-71 Paweł Śpiewak, prominent Jewish-Polish sociologist and historian dies at 71