Paweł Śpiewak (17 April 1951 – 30 March 2023) was a Polish sociologist, historian, author and politician. He was the Director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.
Biography Paweł Śpiewak was a Professor of Sociology at Warsaw University. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005 getting 18,403 votes in 19 Warsaw district, running as a candidate with the Civic Platform list. He did not seek reelection in 2007.
Śpiewak was a Fellow of Collegium Invisibile.
In 2011, he was nominated as the Director of the Jewish Historical Institute by Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
Śpiewak was the son of nationally renowned writers Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986) and Jan Śpiewak (1908–1967).Profile of Jan Śpiewak; Wikipedia in Polish. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
Śpiewak died on 30 March 2023, at the age of 71.Paweł Śpiewak, prominent Jewish-Polish sociologist and historian dies at 71
See also Members of Polish Sejm 2005–2007
References
External links Paweł Śpiewak - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.