Curriculum vitae Radosław SIKORSKI

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1983-1986 : B.A. in philosophy, politics and economics, Pembroke College, University of Oxford

Professional career

• 1986-1989 : Journalist, war reporter in Afghanistan and Angola (The Observer, The Spectator, The Sunday Telegraph)
• 1988-1990 : Foreign correspondent, National Review, New York City
• 1990-1992 : Representative of News Corporation, Poland
• 1992 : Deputy Minister of National Defence
• 1998-2001 : Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
• 2002-2005 : Resident member, American Enterprise Institute, executive director of the New Atlantic Initiative
• 2005-2007 : Minister of National Defence
• 2005-2015 : Member of the National Security Council
• 2007-2014 : Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 2014-2015 : Speaker of the Sejm of the Polish Republic
• 2016-... : Chairman of the Programme Council of the Civil Institute
• 2016-... : Lecturer (Senior Fellow), Center for European Studies, Harvard University
• 2016-... : Expert (distinguished statesman), Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
• 2019-... : Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Delegation for relations with the United States

Political career

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

• 2010-2016 : Vice-President of the Civic Platform

Offices held in a national parliament

• 2005-2007 : Senator of the sixth term
• 2007-2015 : Member of the Sejm of the sixth and seventh terms
• 2014-2015 : Speaker of the Sejm of the Polish Republic

Offices held in a national government

• 1992 : Deputy Minister of National Defence
• 1998-2001 : Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2005-2007 : Minister of National Defence
• 2007-2014 : Minister of Foreign Affairs

Offices held in other international organisations

• 2016-... : Advisor, Eurasia Group, New York
• 2002-2005 : Resident member of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Washington, DC, Executive Director of the New Atlantic Initiative

Other activities

• Published books: ‘Dust of the Saints: A Journey to Herat in Time of War’, 1995; ‘Full circle. A homecoming to free Poland’, 1997; ‘The Polish House – an Intimate History of Poland’, 1998; ‘Strefa zdekomunizowana – wywiad rzeka’, 2007; ‘Polska może być lepsza. Kulisy polskiej dyplomacji’, 2018
• Chairman of the Programme Council of the Civil Institute
• Member of the Polish Business Roundtable Club
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bydgoszcz Industrial and Technological Park
• Member of the Jan Karski Award Committee
• Member of the Steering Committee, Bilderberg Group
• Member of the Council of the Munich Security Conference
• Member of the Consultative Council, Sir Bani Yas Forum
• Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
• Member of the Jerzy Giedroyc ‘Rzeczpospolita’ Award Committee
• Honorary Member of the Advisory Council of the Institute for European Policy and Reform, Moldova
• 1999-2001 : President of the Foundation ‘Aid to Poles in the East’
• 2010-2014 : Chairman of the European Union Affairs Committee of the Sejm
• Member of the ‘Solidarność’ Award Committee
• Member of the Reform Consultative Council of the President of Ukraine
• Member of the Parliamentary Defence Committee
• Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Honours

• Honorary Doctorate, NOVA University, Lisbon, 2015
• Order of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany, 2016
• Grand Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour, France, 2012
• Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star, Sweden, 2011
• Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Third Class, Ukraine, 2011
• Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown, Belgium, 2013
• Presidential Order of Excellence, Georgia, 2013
• Decoration of Honour ‘Meritorious for Polish Culture’
• Decoration of Honour ‘Husarz Polski’ (No. 33), 2006
• Lithuanian Millennium Star, Lithuania, 2008
• Honorary Companion with Breast Star Order of National Merit, Malta, 2009
• Order of Merit, First Class (No. 407), Ukraine, 2009
• Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles, Monaco, 2012
• Grand Officer of the Order of the Three Stars – Latvia, 2013
• Grand Commander of the Order of Honour, Greece, 2014
• Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit, Hungary, 2014
• Order of Honour, Moldova, 2014
• Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, First Class, Estonia, 2014
• World Press Photo Award, 1988
• Literary Award for Young Writers, The Spectator and The Sunday Telegraph
• 2006 laureate in the category ‘most popular politician’
• Gold Decoration No. 1 of the Union of Poles in Lithuania (2010)
• Included in the ‘Top 100 Global Thinkers 2012’ by Foreign Policy magazine for ‘telling the truth, even if it is not diplomatic’.