Henryk Szlajfer


Henryk Szlajfer – Polish economist and political scientist of Jewish origin, professor at the University of Warsaw, in the years 1993–2008, director of the Department of Strategy and Policy Planning, then of the American Department and archive at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appointed by then Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek as an ambassador ad personam, former ambassador-head of the Polish Permanent Representation to the OSCE, IAEA and other international organizations in Vienna.

Biography

In 1968 Szlajfer and Adam Michnik, at that time students of the University of Warsaw, were expelled from the university for their opposition activity. On March 8, 1968, a rally took place in their defence, which marked the beginning of mass student protests called the March events. He was sentenced to 2 years in prison. Editor-in-chief of the quarterly magazine "Sprawy Międzynarodowe" and its English version "The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs". Member of the editorial board of the "Studia Polityczne" magazine. In the 1990s in the Editorial Council of the "Journal of Latin American Studies".

Selected publications