Łukasz Kamiński
Dr Łukasz Kamiński | |
|---|---|
| President of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Göran Lindblad |
| President of the Institute of National Remembrance | |
| In office 28 June 2011 – 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Janusz Kurtyka (Franciszek Gryciuk acting 2010–2011) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Łukasz Andrzej Kamiński 3 June 1973 Wrocław, Poland |
| Profession | Historian |
Łukasz Andrzej Kamiński (born 3 June 1973) is a Polish historian, specializing in the history of Poland after 1945, particularly the period of Soviet occupation and the Polish People's Republic. He is the President of the European Union's Platform of European Memory and Conscience and formerly served as President of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) from 2011 to 2016.
Kamiński earned his doctorate in 1999, and became deputy director of the IPN Bureau of Public Education in 2006, becoming director of the Bureau of Public Education in 2009. After his predecessor Janusz Kurtyka died in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash, Kamiński was elected by the Sejm as the third President of the IPN (Franciszek Gryciuk was acting president 2010–2011).
He is a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.