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Leopold Józef Rutowicz (born 18 October 1932 in Kraków)

is a Polish politician and

Member of the European Parliament (MEP)

for the MP & SW

with the Self-Defense,

and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament.

Rutowicz sits on its Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, and is

a substitute for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and a member of the

Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.

Education

  • 1956: Master of Engineering, University of Mining and Metallurgy (AGH)
  • 1981: doctor of commodities science at the academy of Economics in Kraków

Career

  • 1955-1968: Assistant and lecturer at AGH
  • 1957-1959: Senior technologist at the Fabryka Wyrobów Blaszanych (Tin Products Factory)
  • 1957-1963: chief mechanic at the Kraków Enterprise for General Construction
  • 1959-1990: Member of the Administration and Chairman of the Voivodeship Club for Technical Improvement and Innovation (Klub Racjonalizacji i Wynalazczości)
  • 1963-1967: head of the Ośrodek Prototypów Zakładu Badań i Doświadczeń Budownictwa (Prototype Centre of the Institute for Building Research and Testing)
  • 1967-1990: Deputy director and director of the Regional Office of Weights and Measures
  • 1967-1993: Member of the Administration and Chairman of the Association of Polish Engineers and Technicians, Kraków branch
  • 1990-1995: director of the Assay Office of Kraków

Decorations

  • 1977: Gold Cross of Merit
  • 1984: Knight's Cross - 'Polonia Restituta'

See also

  • 2004 European Parliament election in Poland