Jas Gawronski
Jas Gawronski (born 7 February 1936) is an Italian journalist and politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament for North-West with the Forza Italia, Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 9 May 1996 – 18 December 1999 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 10 June 1979 – 12 June 1994 | |
| In office 13 June 1999 – 7 June 2009 | |
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| Born | 7 February 1936 Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Republican (till 1994) Forza Italia (1994-2009) |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Occupation | Journalist, politician |
Biography
Gawronski, who speaks Polish fluently, was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of a Polish ambassador, Jan Gawroński, and the former Luciana Frassati. He was correspondent for RAI (Italian State television) from New York, Paris, Moscow and Warsaw, and later hosted some political shows for Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset network. He collaborated with the newspapers Il Giorno and La Stampa. From 1981 to 1994 he was member of the European Parliament for the Italian Republican Party. He later switched to Berlusconi's Forza Italia, for which he was elected to the Italian Senate in 1996–99.
Gawronski is a substitute for the Committee on International Trade, a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula.
External links
- Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): XIII legislature
- Personal profile of Jas Gawronski in the European Parliament's database of members
- Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Italian)
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