
Bogusław Marian Liberadzki (pronounced[bɔˈɡuswaf libɛˈrat͡ski]; born 12 September 1948 inSochaczew) is a Polish economist and politician. He has been aMember of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2004.
Bogusław Liberadzki is a professor of economics. He was educated at Main School of Planning and Statistics (nowWarsaw School of Economics) and theUniversity of Illinois. He holds the Chair of Transportation at the Warsaw School of Economics inWarsaw (Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie - SGH) and is also a professor in theMaritime University of Szczecin (Akademia Morska w Szczecinie).
He was an under secretary (vice minister) in theMinistry of Transportation and Maritime Economy 1989–1993 and minister in that ministry 1993–1997. Between 1997 and 2003 he was an MP (member ofSejm, lower house of Polish parliament) representingDemocratic Left Alliance. Since 2003 he has sat in theEuropean Parliament, first as a permanent observer and then on 1 May 2003 he was appointed anMEP. He is currently vice president of the European Parliament and a member of two committees: Budgetary Control and Transport and Tourism.[1]
He has a wife, Grażyna and two sons (identical twins) - Kamil (MA) and Marcin (PhD), both working at the Department of Banking of the SGH.[2]