Jerzy Konieczny

Jerzy Marian Konieczny (12 September 1950 – 27 July 2020) was a Polish lawyer, civil servant, academic and author.

Konieczny served as the Chief of the Urząd Ochrony Państwa (UOP), Poland's former intelligence agency, from 1992 to 1993.

He also completed a postdoctoral degree in legal science from the University of Silesia in 1990.

[1] In 1997, Konieczny ran for a Warsaw-based seat in the Sejm as a Democratic Left Alliance candidate, but lost the election.

[1] He was buried in the Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish cemetery in Rycerka Górna on 31 July 2020.