Jan Olbrycht

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Name Jan Olbrycht Role Polish Politician		Party European People's Party

Jan olbrycht discussing the urban dimension of eu cohesion policy

Jan Marian Olbrycht (born 21 September 1952, in Rybnik) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Silesian Voivodeship with the Civic Platform party. Olbrycht sits as part of the European People's Party and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development.

Olbrycht is a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism, substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Olbrycht was previously the first Marshal of Silesian Voivodeship between 1999 and 2002

1984: Doctor of Sociology, Jagiellonian University

Lecturer

2002-2004: Chairman of the Policy Council of the Social Movement

since 2004: Member of the National Council of the Citizens' Platform

1990-1998: Mayor and member of the town council in Cieszyn

1998-2004: Regional Councillor of the Silesian Voivodeship

1998-2002: Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship

2000-2004: Member of the Organisation of the Assembly of European Regions (ARE)

2004: Member of the World Council of United Cities and Local Governments

2000-2004: Member of the National Council for Regional Policy

since 2003: Member of the Committee for National Spatial Planning, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)

Knight's Cross of the Order of Poland Reborn

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