Son of Maria and Antoni, a railway worker. He majored in history and political science from the Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland. He later continued his studies in journalism. He then graduated with a postgraduate degree in European studies from the University of Warsaw and Maastricht University. During his studies in Poland, he professionally played football as striker in III league Cracow’s clubs - Kabel Kraków, Karpaty Siepraw, Górnik Wieliczka. His sports career was ended following an injury. He also worked as sport journalist in Gazeta Krakowska.
In the late 1990s he worked in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, then in the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) in Warsaw. In 2003 he joined the Law and Justice Party, where he worked as the Head of Information and Public Relations Department. As of 2004 he worked in the European Parliament in Brussels as Senior Advisor of the political group Union for Europe of the Nations in the Committee on Regional Development and then in the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was the spokesperson for Law and Justice Members in the European Parliament.
In 2009 he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament from Podkarpackie Voivodeship. He was the vice-chair of the Delegation of Law and Justice (PiS) in the European Parliament and a member of the Presidium of the European Conservatives and Reformists. In 2011 he became a leader of Law and Justice Election Committee for the national parliament. In November 2011 he was elected by the Law and Justice Political Council to become member of the Political Committee, the decision making body of the party.
In 2014 he was re-elected with 113 704 votes as a Member of the European Parliament for the Law and Justice Party for Podkarpackie Voivodeship, he gained one of the best election results in Poland. He was a vice-chair of the Committee of Transport and Tourism in the European Parliament and vice-chair of Law and Justice Delegation in the EP.
In 2014 Tomasz Poręba became the president of a conservative European think tank "New Direction".
In 2018 he again became a leader of the Election Committee of Law and Justice for the successful local government elections and also led the Law and Justice campaign for elections to the European Parliament in 2019, in which he was re-elected as Member of the European Parliament from the list of Law and Justice from Podkarpackie Voivodeship for his third term. He received 276 014 votes and it was best individual result in these elections in Poland (37% of votes cast in the constituency).
In December 2018 Tomasz Poręba became a Vice-President of the Polish Olympic Committee.
Private lifeedit
He is married and has two daughters.
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European Parliament official biography
February 11, 2024
tomasz, poręba, this, biography, living, person, does, include, references, sources, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, people, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, find, sources, news, newsp. This biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Tomasz Poreba news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Tomasz Piotr Poreba born 1973 in Grybow Poland is a Polish politician civil servant and journalist Member of the European Parliament in VII VIII IX term from Poland historian and political scientist Tomasz PorebaPoreba in 2008Member of the European ParliamentIncumbentAssumed office 14 July 2009ConstituencyPodkarpackiePersonal detailsBornTomasz Piotr Poreba 1973 03 31 31 March 1973 age 50 Grybow Lesser Poland VoivodeshipPolitical partyLaw and JusticeSon of Maria and Antoni a railway worker He majored in history and political science from the Pedagogical University of Cracow Poland He later continued his studies in journalism He then graduated with a postgraduate degree in European studies from the University of Warsaw and Maastricht University During his studies in Poland he professionally played football as striker in III league Cracow s clubs Kabel Krakow Karpaty Siepraw Gornik Wieliczka His sports career was ended following an injury He also worked as sport journalist in Gazeta Krakowska In the late 1990s he worked in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister then in the Institute of National Remembrance IPN in Warsaw In 2003 he joined the Law and Justice Party where he worked as the Head of Information and Public Relations Department As of 2004 he worked in the European Parliament in Brussels as Senior Advisor of the political group Union for Europe of the Nations in the Committee on Regional Development and then in the Committee on Foreign Affairs He was the spokesperson for Law and Justice Members in the European Parliament In 2009 he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament from Podkarpackie Voivodeship He was the vice chair of the Delegation of Law and Justice PiS in the European Parliament and a member of the Presidium of the European Conservatives and Reformists In 2011 he became a leader of Law and Justice Election Committee for the national parliament In November 2011 he was elected by the Law and Justice Political Council to become member of the Political Committee the decision making body of the party In 2014 he was re elected with 113 704 votes as a Member of the European Parliament for the Law and Justice Party for Podkarpackie Voivodeship he gained one of the best election results in Poland He was a vice chair of the Committee of Transport and Tourism in the European Parliament and vice chair of Law and Justice Delegation in the EP In 2014 Tomasz Poreba became the president of a conservative European think tank New Direction In 2018 he again became a leader of the Election Committee of Law and Justice for the successful local government elections and also led the Law and Justice campaign for elections to the European Parliament in 2019 in which he was re elected as Member of the European Parliament from the list of Law and Justice from Podkarpackie Voivodeship for his third term He received 276 014 votes and it was best individual result in these elections in Poland 37 of votes cast in the constituency In December 2018 Tomasz Poreba became a Vice President of the Polish Olympic Committee Private life editHe is married and has two daughters References editExternal links editEuropean Parliament official biography Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tomasz Poreba amp oldid 1180781793, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
