PM names Andrzej Ananicz as spy chief in the face of opposition

Despite a negative opinion from the Sejm Commission for Special Services and a general disagreement from the members of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), Prime Minister Marek Belka yesterday formally named Andrzej Ananicz as president of the Intelligence Agency (AW). The Agency's new head has been the Polish ambassador to Turkey since 2001. He has also held the position of a Deputy Foreign Minister for three parliamentary terms and worked in President Lech Wałęsa's Office. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 3) A.K.