Henryk Kowalczyk
Henryk Kowalczyk (Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk kɔˈvalt͡ʂɨk] ⓘ; born 15 July 1956) is a Polish politician and teacher, who is serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development since 2021.
Henryk Kowalczyk | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Prime Minister of Poland | |
| In office 26 October 2021 – 21 June 2023 | |
| President | Andrzej Duda |
| Prime Minister | Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | |
| In office 26 October 2021 – 6 April 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Preceded by | Grzegorz Puda |
| Succeeded by | Robert Telus |
| Minister of Environment | |
| In office 9 January 2018 – 15 November 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Preceded by | Jan Szyszko |
| Succeeded by | Michał Kurtyka |
| Minister of State Treasury Acting | |
| In office 16 September 2016 – 31 December 2016 | |
| President | Andrzej Duda |
| Prime Minister | Beata Szydło Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Preceded by | Dawid Jackiewicz |
| Succeeded by | Jacek Sasin |
| Minister of the Council of Ministers | |
| In office 16 November 2015 – 9 January 2018 | |
| President | Andrzej Duda |
| Prime Minister | Beata Szydło Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Member of the Sejm | |
| Assumed office 25 September 2005 | |
| Constituency | 18 – Siedlce |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1956 |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | Law and Justice |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
He was first elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005. In 2006–2007, secretary of state in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. From 2015 to 2018 he was a minister without portfolio in the cabinet of Beata Szydło. At the same time he was the chair of the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers and vice-chair of the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers.[1] In 2016 he was the acting Minister of State Treasury. In the years 2018–2019 the minister of the environment in the first government of Mateusz Morawiecki. In 2021, he was designated as the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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Footnotes edit
- ^ "Henryk Kowalczyk: możliwe zmiany w zarządach spółek Skarbu Państwa". PolskieRadio.pl. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
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- – includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.