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Jerzy Buzek
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Person

Jerzy Buzek

b. 1940

Prime Minister of Poland (r. 1997–2001); President of the European Parliament (r. 2009–2012)

Born
3 Jul 1940 · Smilovice
Part ofPoland967 CE – todayCzech Republic1316 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 99 years
  1. 3 Jul 1940BornBorn in Smilovice
  2. 1997 – 2001RolePrime Minister of Poland
  3. 2000RoleMinister of Justice
  4. 2001AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  5. 2004 – 2009RoleMember of the European Parliament
  6. 2009 – 2014RoleMember of the European Parliament
  7. 2009 – 2012RolePresident of the European Parliament
  8. 2010AwardHonorary doctorate of the Łódź University of Technology
  9. 2014 – 2019RoleMember of the European Parliament
  10. 2014AwardRobert Schuman Medal
  11. 2015AwardHonorary citizen of Kraków
  12. 2019 – 2024RoleMember of the European Parliament
  13. 2026AwardHonourable Member of the European Order of Merit

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1940 – today).

  1. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  2. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  3. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  4. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  5. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  6. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  7. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  8. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  10. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  11. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  13. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  14. 1956Suez Crisis
  15. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  17. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  19. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  21. 1968Prague Spring
  22. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  23. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  24. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  25. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  27. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  28. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  29. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  30. 1985Schengen Agreement
  31. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  32. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  33. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  35. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  37. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  38. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  39. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  40. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

Biography

Jerzy Karol Buzek (born 3 July 1940) is a Polish politician who 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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