Adam Gierek (pronounced ; born on 17 April 1938 in Zwartberg, Limburg, Belgium) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Silesian Voivodship with the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He is a son of Edward Gierek. Gierek is a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia and a substitute for the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Education 1961: Master's in Engineering 1965: Doctorate 1968: Assistant professor 1972: Associate professor 1978: Professor of technical sciences Career Since 1973: Associate member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk) 1961-1962: Assistant 1962-1965: Post-graduate doctoral student in Moscow 1965-1968: Tutor 1968-1972: Assistant professor since 1972: Professor at the Silesian University of Technology 1969-1972: Head of the foundry institute 1972-1982: Head of the Metallurgical Sciences and Technology Department, director of the Institute of Materials Engineering 1982-1989: Visiting professor at the Technische Universität Dresden Head of the Department of Materials Technology Since 1994: Head of the Department of Technology, Metal Alloys and Composites 2001-2004: Senator of the Republic of Poland, member of the Committee on Science, Education and Sport 2001-2003: Member of the Committee on Legislation, Law and Order 2004: Member of the Committee on Environmental Protection Since 1970: Member of the Polish Federation of Engineering Associations (NOT) Member of the board of the All-Poland E Since 2001: Gierek Association Member of the Polish Nuclear Society (PTN) and committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences Decorations Order of the 'Banner of Labour, Second Class', Knight's Cross of the Order of Poland Reborn, Gold Medal of Merit for Defence of the Nation, National Education Medal See also 2004 European Parliament election in Poland External links 1938 births Living people Children of national leaders Members of the Senate of Poland 2001–2005 Recipients of the Order of the Banner of Work Polish expatriates in Belgium People from Limburg (Belgium) Democratic Left Alliance MEPs MEPs for Poland 2004–2009 MEPs for Poland 2009–2014 MEPs for Poland 2014–2019