Antoni Macierewicz

Antoni Macierewicz
Macierewicz in 2017
Senior Marshal of the Sejm
In office 12 November 2019 – 12 November 2023
Marshal	Elżbieta Witek
Preceded by	Kornel Morawiecki
Succeeded by	Marek Sawicki
Minister of National Defence
In office 16 November 2015 – 9 January 2018
Prime Minister	Beata Szydło Mateusz Morawiecki
Preceded by	Tomasz Siemoniak
Succeeded by	Mariusz Błaszczak
Deputy Leader of Law and Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 November 2013
Leader	Jarosław Kaczyński
Member of the Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2007
In office 20 October 1997 – 18 October 2005
In office 25 November 1991 – 31 May 1993
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 23 December 1991 – 20 June 1992
Prime Minister	Jan Olszewski
Preceded by	Henryk Majewski
Succeeded by	Andrzej Milczanowski
Head of the Military Counterintelligence Service
In office 4 October 2006 – 5 November 2007
President	Lech Kaczyński
Prime Minister	Jarosław Kaczyński
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Janusz Nosek
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Defence
In office 1 July 2006 – 1 November 2007
President	Lech Kaczyński
Prime Minister	Jarosław Kaczyński
Chairman of the Verification Commission
In office 21 July 2006 – 9 November 2007
President	Lech Kaczyński
Prime Minister	Jarosław Kaczyński
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Jan Olszewski
Member of the European Parliament
In office 23 April 2003 – 19 July 2004
Personal details
Born	(1948-08-03) 3 August 1948 (age 76) Warsaw, Poland
Political party	Law and Justice (2012–present)
Other political affiliations	Christian National Union (1992–1993) Polish Action (1993–1995) Movement for Reconstruction of Poland (1995–1997) Catholic-National Movement (1997–2005) Patriotic Movement (2005–2012)
Spouse	Hanna Macierewicz
Parent(s)	Zdzisław Macierewicz Maria Macierewicz
Alma mater	University of Warsaw Polish Academy of Sciences
Profession	Politician Academic Historian Human rights activist
Signature
Website	macierewicz.com

Antoni Macierewicz (Polish pronunciation: [anˈtɔɲi mat͡ɕɛˈrɛvit͡ʂ]; born 3 August 1948) is a Polish politician and the former Minister of National Defence. He previously served as the Minister of Internal Affairs, Head of the Military Counterintelligence Service, and Minister of State in the Ministry of National Defence.

Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Macierewicz was one of the founders in 1976 of the Workers' Defense Committee, a major anti-communist opposition organization that was a forerunner of Solidarity. During the 1980s Macierewicz directed the Centre for Social Research of Solidarity and was one of the trade union's key advisors. A former political prisoner, he escaped from incarceration and was in hiding until 1984, directing work and issuing underground publications.^[1][2][3]

Macierewicz served as the Minister of Internal Affairs from 1991 to 1992, the Head of the Military Counterintelligence Service from 2006 to 2007, and the Minister of National Defence from 2015 to 2018.^{[citation needed]} He is currently in his sixth term in the Parliament of Poland, where he represents the Piotrków Trybunalski district, and was a Member of the European Parliament. He is also the Deputy Leader of Law and Justice, the largest party in the Parliament of Poland.