Andrzej Paczkowski

Andrzej Paczkowski (born 1 October 1938, Krasnystaw) is a Polish historian, who is Professor of Collegium Civitas, director of Modern History Studies in the Political Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences, and member of Collegium of Institute of National Remembrance.

In 1960, he finished studies at the history department of the University of Warsaw. In 1966, Paczkowski defended his doctoral thesis, and was habilitated in 1975. In 1990, he became a professor.

Between 1974 and 1995 (for 7 terms), he served as president of the Polish Mountaineering Association (Polski Związek Alpinizmu).