Polish journalist and politician, 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Radosław Sikorski

Radosław Tomasz "Radek" Sikorski is a Polish politician, journalist and statesman who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2023, previously holding the office between 2007 and 2014, since 2025 also serving as Deputy Prime Minister. He was a Member of the European Parliament between 2019 and 2023. Earlier he was Marshal of the Sejm from 2014 to 2015. He previously served as Deputy Minister of National Defence in 1992 in Jan Olszewski's cabinet, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1998 and 2001 in Jerzy Buzek's cabinet and Minister of National Defence between 2005 and 2007 in the cabinets of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and Jarosław Kaczyński.

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1963

February 23

Died

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1960s

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Key dates

1963 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

303 Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
532 Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.
628 Khosrow II, Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown.
705 Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty.

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The world in 1963

When Radosław arrived

april 10 One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
april 11 Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
april 12 The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.[citation needed]
april 16 U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Anton Mosimann 1947– Swiss chef and author Charlie Brandt 1957–2004 American serial killer (died 2004) Dante Lavelli 1923– American football player (died 2009) Femke Bol 2000– Dutch hurdler and sprinter Jon Hall 1915–1979 American actor and director (born 1915) Konstantin Päts 1874–1956 Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia (died 1956) Louis Stokes 1925–2015 American lawyer and politician (born 1925) Régine Crespin 1927–2007 French soprano and actress (died 2007) Samuel Pepys 1633–1703 English diarist and politician (died 1703)

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Same-year contemporaries

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Alberto Nisman 1963–2015 Argentinian lawyer (died 2015) Alec Stewart 1963– English cricketer Andrea Leadsom 1963– English politician Anne-Sophie Mutter 1963– German violinist Arthur Adams 1963– American comic book artist and writer Brian Greene 1963– American physicist Brian Robbins 1963– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Chip Kelly 1963– American football player and coach Conan O'Brien 1963– American television host, comedian, and writer

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