1989: Master of Economics, Kielce University of Technology (1979), Doctor of Economics Warsaw School of Planning and Statistics (now the Warsaw School of Economics)
Lecturer at the Radom Polytechnic (since 1979), chairman of the production-service-trading company (PPHU) Teks SA
Career
1990–94: and director PPHU Bakumar SA
1994–96: Voivode of Radom
1997: Minister, member of the Cabinet, Chairman of the State Centre for Strategic Studies
1998–2001: Councillor of the Masovian Voivodeship, Marshal of the Masovian Voivodeship
2001–04: Member of Parliament of the Republic of Poland, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Local Self-Government and Regional Policy, Chairman of the Polish People's Party (PSL) parliamentary party
2003: Vice-Chairman of the Chief Executive Committee of the PSL (since March 2004), Vice-Chairman of the Masovian Voivodship Association of the PSL (since October