Radosław Sikorski
Radosław Tomasz \"Radek\" Sikorski (born 23 February 1963) is a Polish politician and journalist, and the Marshal of the Sejm. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs in Donald Tusk\'s cabinet between 2007 and 2014. He previously served as Deputy Minister of National Defence (1992) in Jan Olszewski\'s cabinet, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998?2001) in Jerzy Buzek\'s cabinet and Minister of National Defence (2005?2007) in Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and Jarosław Kaczyński\'s cabinets.
Sikorski was born in Bydgoszcz. He chaired the student strike committee in Bydgoszcz in March 1981 while studying at the I Liceum Ogólnokształcące (High School). In June 1981 he travelled to the United Kingdom to study English. After martial law was declared in December 1981, he was granted political asylum in Britain in 1982. He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, where Zbigniew Pełczyński was one of his tutors. During his time at Oxford, Sikorski was head of the Standing Committee of the debating society, the Oxford Union (where he organised debates on martial law), president of the Oxford University Polish Society, member of the Canning Club, and was elected to the Bullingdon Club, a dining society that counted among its members the current British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and the current Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. In 1987, Sikorski was awarded British citizenship, which he renounced in 2006 on becoming Minister of Defence of Poland.
