33 X TROJKA DRIVER

This experience changed his attitude to life. In 2007 he had a benign tumor removed from his ear.

Marek Niedźwiecki has been given many awards, such as the Golden Microphone in 1993, The Gold Cross of Merit (Polish: Złoty Krzyż Zasługi) in 2000 and The Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Polish: Order Odrodzenia Polski, English: Order of Rebirth of Poland) in 2011. He got his driving licence in January 1978 and since then has driven two Fiats, one Renault, one Golf and four Hondas (a chocolate CRV now).

33 X TROJKA DRIVER

He claims to have been a rickshaw driver in Calcutta in his previous life When he forgets something and has to come back home, he usually sits for a moment, and leaving the house he always leaves a hanger on the bed. Entries on his blog traditionally appear at 19.54 which is the year of his birth. On 9 September 2009 (09.09.09) he visited the village of Policzko, where he used to spend summer holidays as a small child. Marek Niedźwiecki is a bit superstitious and believes in numerology. Lodz University of Technology, The Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, master's dissertation topic: 'The technology and construction organisation of the trading pavilion SPS1300', defended. John Paul II Secondary School №2 (formerly Małgorzata Fornalska Primary and Secondary School №33) in Zduńska Wola, Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Street 6 (formerly Jasna 2) Tadeusz Kościuszko Primary and Junior High School (formerly Karol Świerczewski Primary School) in Szadek, Prusinowska Street 4 (formerly Warszawska Street 2) So, in my birth certificate the name is spelled with > but I am actually Niedźwiecki with >.' Education Apparently, it was easier and shorter to spell the name with >. For her to be accepted at University, it had to be unified. Marek Niedźwiecki explains it: 'When my older sister was applying to University, it turned out that in some of her school reports the name was spelled Niedźwiedzka with > and in some others – with >. Originally, the family name was spelled with 'dz'. The difference in parents’ name spelling is not a mistake.

Piotr Niedźwiecki is the president of the city of Zduńska Wola. He has one older sister Małgorzata (born 1952) and two younger brothers (twins) Piotr and Wojciech (born ). As a child, Marek Niedźwiecki lived with his parents and his grandparents on his father's side: Leokadia i Wincenty Niedźwiedzcy. His grandparents on his mother's side, Zofia and Franciszek Kopeć lived in Policzko their whole life. Kazimiera Kopeć was the second wife of Wojciech Niedźwiecki, the first one died of cancer. His mother Kazimiera (Kopeć) Niedźwiedzka ( – ) came from a farmers’ family residing in the village of Policzko and was a history teacher at Tadeusz Kościuszko Primary School in Szadek.

His father, Wojciech Niedźwiedzki ( – ), was a butcher by profession and worked as the manager in the local food industry cooperative ' Samopomoc Chłopska '. Marek Niedźwiecki comes from a small city Szadek, with the population of about 2000, situated in central Poland in Łódź voivodeship, 36 km from Łódź. 5 Marek Niedźwiecki The Traveller & Photographer.

3.1 Students’ Radio 'Żak', Lodz University of Technology, Łodź, 1973 – 1980.

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