„SIGNUM TEMPORIS” (SIGN OF THE TIMES) 2015
“for long-term achievements in his work as a journalist and in the implementation of the social mission of the Polish Radio”
Andrzej Siezieniewski is a radio journalist linked with Polskie Radio (Polish Radio) since 1972, where he climbed the career ladder of a journalist. He manages the works of the Management Board, as well as co-ordinates all areas of the Company’s operations. He supervises the works on the development strategy and the programme strategy of Polskie Radio S.A.
He actively represents Polskie Radio in the international arena. In December 2012, he became a member of the Management Board of the European Broadcasting Union almost unanimously with the votes of all the media people in the Central and Eastern Europe. This has made him the first representative of the Polish media in the EBU Management Board – the world’s biggest organisation of radio and television broadcasters. He is also the Vice-President of the European Assembly of Economic Interests Euranet Plus – a radio organisation of broadcasters from all of Europe acting in the field of the European integration.
He is a prize winner of many journalist awards for his work in the radio and TV. In 2013, Andrzej Siezieniewski was decorated with the Commander’s Cross of Order of Polonia Restituta. He also received: the Officer’s Cross of Order of Polonia Restituta, the gold Cross of Merit, the gold Medal of Merit for National Defence”, the silver “Gloria Artis” Medal for Merit to Culture, the Medal of the National Education Commission, as well as the „Milito Pro Christo” Medal granted in 2012.
