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Brigadier General Professor
Tadeusz Szczurek
Rector-Commander of the Military University of Technology
In office
2016–2020
Preceded byZygmunt Mierczyk
Succeeded byPrzemysław Wachulak
Personal details
Born (1960-10-28) October 28, 1960 (age 64)
Częstochowa, Poland
Alma materWyższa Szkoła Oficerska Wojsk Pancernych
AwardsOrder of Polonia Restituta (Poland)
Military service
Allegiance Poland
RankBrigadier general

Tadeusz Szczurek (born 28 October 1960[1]) is a Polish philosophy and security sciences specialist, Doctor of Philosophy, brigadier general of the Polish Armed Forces, associate professor and former rector-commander of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw, Poland.[2][3]

He graduated from Wyższa Szkoła Oficerska Wojsk Pancernych in Poznań and Military University of Technology in Warsaw (master's degree). He also completed post-graduate studies at National Defence University of Warsaw (in pedagogy and crisis management).[1] In 2001, he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in humanities from the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. The title of his PhD thesis is: “Bioethical aspects of war.” In 2013, the National Security Faculty of National Defence University awarded him a habilitation in social sciences.[2]

From 2005 to 2008, he served as the Chief of Logistics of the Ministry of National Defense of Poland. He was the Deputy Rector of Military University of Technology from 2008 to 2012 and then Deputy Rector for Military Affairs from 2012 to 2016. In 2016, he succeeded gen. dyw. Zygmunt Mierczyk as Rector-Commander of the university,[4] a position he held until 2020, when he was succeeded by płk prof. dr hab. inż. Przemysław Wachulak.[3]

In 2017, he was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta.[5] On 29 November 2018, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.[6] On 28 November 2019, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, awarded him the title of professor. The ceremony for the granting of this title took place on 16 September 2020 at the Presidential Palace, Warsaw.[7]

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  1. ^ a b Dąbrowska, Elżbieta (2008). "Zastępca Rektora Już Pracuje". Głos Akademicki Wojskowej Akademii Technicznej. XII (10 ed.): 8. ISSN 1507-9988.
  2. ^ a b "Nowa Nauka Polska". nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  3. ^ a b "Nowy rektor-komendant WAT". defence24.pl (in Polish). 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  4. ^ "Nowy Rektor WAT". wojsko-polskie.pl. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  5. ^ "Odznaczenia z okazji Narodowego Święta Niepodległości". prezydent.pl. 2017-11-11. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  6. ^ "Prezydent wręczy awanse generalskie". Do Rzeczy (in Polish). 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  7. ^ Jankiewicz, Ewa. "Gen. bryg. prof. dr hab. inż. Tadeusz Szczurek odebrał nominację profesorską". Wojsko Polskie (in Polish).
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