Marek Sawicki

Marek Sawicki
Marek Sawicki
Senior Marshal of the Sejm
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 November 2023
Preceded by	Antoni Macierewicz
Sejm Chair of the Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation Commission
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 November 2019
Deputy	Arkadiusz Marchewka (KO); Jerzy Materna (PiS); Artur Szałabawka (PiS); Jerzy Wilk (PiS)
Preceded by	Position established
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
	In office; 17 March 2014 – 16 November 2015
President	Bronisław Komorowski
Prime Minister	Donald Tusk; Ewa Kopacz
Preceded by	Stanisław Kalemba
Succeeded by	Krzysztof Jurgiel
	In office; 16 November 2007 – 26 July 2012
President	Lech Kaczyński; Bronisław Komorowski (Acting); Bogdan Borusewicz (Acting); Grzegorz Schetyna (Acting); Bronisław Komorowski
Prime Minister	Donald Tusk
Preceded by	Wojciech Mojzesowicz
Succeeded by	Stanisław Kalemba
Member of the Sejm
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 October 1993
Constituency	18 – Siedlce
Personal details
Born	8 April 1958 (age 66); Sawice-Dwór, Poland
Political party	Polish People's Party

Marek Wacław Sawicki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarɛk saˈvʲitskʲi]; born 8 April 1958) is a Polish politician who has been serving as a member of the Sejm since 1993. He also served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on two occasions.

Education and early career

Sawicki studied agriculture.^[1] He later spent two years teaching and worked at the Ministry of Telecommunications.^[2]

Political career

Sawicki was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, receiving 6527 votes in 18 Siedlce district as a candidate on the Polish People's Party list. He later served as a member of Sejm 1993-1997, Sejm 1997-2001, Sejm 2001-2005, Sejm 2005-2007, Sejm 2007-2011, Sejm 2011-2015, Sejm 2015-2019, Sejm 2019-2023 and Sejm 2023-2027.

Sawicki was first appointed to the post of Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on 16 November 2007 and left on 26 July 2012. On 17 March 2014 he then took over from Stanisław Kalemba and served until the Cabinet of Beata Szydło was sworn in on 16 November 2015. When Poland held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2011, he chaired the Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH). In December 2011, the AGRIFISH under the presidency of Sawicki adopted a decision authorizing the signing of an anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA).^[3]

On 6 November 2023, President Andrzej Duda announced he would name Sawicki as the Senior Marshal of the new Sejm elected in October.^[4] He was appointed on 9 November 2023,^[5] performing his function on 13 November 2023 in the Sejm.

References

^ Poland’s movers and shakers European Voice, 22 June 2011.
^ Poland’s movers and shakers European Voice, 22 June 2011.
^ "PRESS RELEASE 3137th Council meeting Agriculture and Fisheries" (PDF). 15–16 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
^ "Prezydent Andrzej Duda wskazał, komu powierzy misję tworzenia rządu". wiadomosci.onet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
^ "Prezydent powołał Marszałków Seniorów Sejmu i Senatu RP". Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. November 9, 2023.

External links

Marek Sawicki in Polish Wikipedia
Marek Sawicki - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches

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[1] Poland’s movers and shakers European Voice, 22 June 2011.

[2] Poland’s movers and shakers European Voice, 22 June 2011.

[3] "PRESS RELEASE 3137th Council meeting Agriculture and Fisheries" (PDF). 15–16 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

[4] "Prezydent Andrzej Duda wskazał, komu powierzy misję tworzenia rządu". wiadomosci.onet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-11-06.

[5] "Prezydent powołał Marszałków Seniorów Sejmu i Senatu RP". Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. November 9, 2023.

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v t e The First Cabinet of Donald Tusk
Original members	Elżbieta Bieńkowska Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski Zbigniew Derdziuk Mirosław Drzewiecki Jolanta Fedak Cezary Grabarczyk Aleksander Grad Katarzyna Hall Bogdan Klich Ewa Kopacz Barbara Kudrycka Maciej Nowicki Waldemar Pawlak Jacek Rostowski Marek Sawicki Grzegorz Schetyna Radosław Sikorski Donald Tusk Bogdan Zdrojewski
Joined later	Michał Boni Andrzej Czuma Adam Giersz Krzysztof Kwiatkowski Jerzy Miller Andrzej Kraszewski Tomasz Siemoniak

v t e The Second Cabinet of Donald Tusk
Original members	Tomasz Arabski Bartosz Arłukowicz Elżbieta Bieńkowska Michał Boni Mikołaj Budzanowski Jacek Cichocki Jarosław Gowin Marcin Korolec Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Barbara Kudrycka Waldemar Pawlak Joanna Mucha Sławomir Nowak Jacek Rostowski Marek Sawicki Tomasz Siemoniak Radosław Sikorski Krystyna Szumilas Donald Tusk Bogdan Zdrojewski
Joined later	Andrzej Biernat Marek Biernacki Maciej Grabowski Stanisław Kalemba Włodzimierz Karpiński Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska Lena Kolarska-Bobińska Małgorzata Omilanowska Janusz Piechociński Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz Mateusz Szczurek

v t e The Cabinet of Ewa Kopacz
Original members	Bartosz Arłukowicz Andrzej Biernat Jacek Cichocki Cezary Grabarczyk Maciej Grabowski Andrzej Halicki Włodzimierz Karpiński Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska Lena Kolarska-Bobińska Ewa Kopacz Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Małgorzata Omilanowska Janusz Piechociński Teresa Piotrowska Marek Sawicki Grzegorz Schetyna Tomasz Siemoniak Mateusz Szczurek Maria Wasiak
Joined later	Borys Budka Andrzej Czerwiński Adam Korol Marian Zembala

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Education and early career

Political career

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