University of Gdańsk

University of Gdańsk   (University)
Motto	In mari via tua (In sea your way)
Formation	20 March 1970
Headquarters	Gdańsk, Poland
One of the top 10 universities in Poland

The University of Gdańsk is a university founded in 1970 in Gdańsk. It arose, following a decision by the Council of Ministers, from the merger of the Business School in Sopot (established in 1945 as the Maritime Business School) and the Pedagogical University in Gdańsk (established in 1946).

In the 2003/2004 academic year, it had 33,000 students in 26 major programs and 106 additional programs.

Notable alumni

• Donald Tusk, former Prime Minister of Poland, President of the European Council
• Aleksander Kwaśniewski (Did not graduate)
• Paweł Adamowicz, former mayor of Gdańsk
• Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, former Prime Minister of Poland, chairman of Polish Institute of International Affairs
• Marek Biernacki, lawyer and politician
• Andrzej Butkiewicz, a political activist opposing Communism in Poland during the 1970s and 1980s, member of the Solidarity Movement
• Stefan Chwin, a Polish novelist, literary critic, and historian of literature
• Tadeusz Cymański, politician
• Adam Darski, musician, leader of extreme metal band Behemoth
• Anna Fotyga, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
• Pawel Huelle, writer and journalist
• Wojciech Kasperski, screenwriter, film director and producer
• Aneta Kręglicka, a Polish dancer, Miss World 1989
• Jolanta Kwaśniewska, lawyer, charity activist, First Lady of Poland
• Janusz Lewandowski, former Budget and Financial Programming Commissioner of the European Commission
• Jakobe Mansztajn, poet, blogger
• Maciej Płażyński, politician, one of the founders of the Civic Platform party
• Monika Pyrek, a Polish pole vaulter
• Jerzy Samp, writer and publicist
• Wojciech Szczurek, mayor of Gdynia
• Elżbieta Zawacka, a Polish university professor, scouting instructor, SOE agent and a freedom fighter during World War II. She was also a Brigadier General of the Polish Army (the second and last woman in the history of the Polish Army to hold this rank)

 

An Alumnus on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Nationality	Summary	Description
Aleksander Kwaśniewski	15 November 1954	Poland	Journalist Politician	As President of Poland, let the CIA run a secret prison on Polish territory

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