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Janusz Adam Onyszkiewicz (, born 1937) is a Polish mathematician, alpinist, politician〔Europa Publications, "The International Who's Who 2004", Routledge, 2003, pg. 1258, ()〕 and was a vice-president of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee from January 2007 until mid-2009.〔"A 5-member delegation representing the European Parliament pays a 4-day visit to Taiwan.", ()〕 ==Biographical note== Janusz Onyszkiewicz was born on 18 December 1937 in Lwów (then Poland, now Lviv, Ukraine).〔Dziennik Polski, "Ankieta Eurokandyta – Janusz Onyszkiewicz", , 20 May 2009, ()〕 He graduated in mathematics from Warsaw University. He became a famous mathematician and an alpinist in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he became the spokesman for the anti-communist Solidarity movement.〔 He became popular among foreign journalists because of his fluent English. After the introduction of martial law in Poland on 13 December 1981, he was arrested and interned.〔Krzysztof Ciesielski and Zdzislaw Pogoda, "Janusz Onyszkiewicz", The Mathematical Intelligencer, Volume 12, Number 4 / December, 1990, ()〕 After the fall of communism in 1989, Onyszkiewicz became a member of the Polish Sejm. He served all subsequent terms from May 1989 until 2001. In the spring of 1990, Onyszkiewicz and Bronisław Komorowski became the first civilian vice-ministers of defence in the communist-dominated Ministry of Defence.〔 Later, Onyszkiewicz was Minister of Defence twice, in the cabinets of Hanna Suchocka (1992–1993) and Jerzy Buzek (1997–2000).〔Jeffrey Simon, "Poland and NATO: a study in civil-military relations", Rowman & Littlefield, 2004, pg. 19, ()〕 Initially, he was a member of the Obywatelski Klub Parlamentarny, then the Democratic Union and the Freedom Union. Today, he is a member of the Democratic Party, the continuation of Democratic Union.〔 In 1999, Onyszkiewicz was awarded the Manfred Wörner Medall by the German Minister of Defence.〔 On 13 June 2004, Onyszkiewicz was elected to the European Parliament as a candidate of Democratic Union in the 10th constituency (Lesser Poland+Swietokrzyskie Voivodeships) receiving 50 155 votes (6,37%). On 20 July 2004 he was elected a Vice-President of the European Parliament. Onyszkiewicz is Chairman of the ICDT's International Board of Directors.〔"An Open Letter to the Obama Administration from Central and Eastern Europe", International Center for Democratic Transition, ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Janusz Onyszkiewicz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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