Jan Szyszko

Jan Feliks Szyszko  (19 April 1944 – 9 October 2019) was a Polish forester, university teacher (professor of forestry) and politician who served as Minister of Environment in the cabinets of Jerzy Buzek (1997–1999), Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (2005–2007), Jarosław Kaczyński (2007), Beata Szydło (2015–2017) and Mateusz Morawiecki (2017-2018).

Jan Szyszko
Member of the Sejm
In office 25 September 2005 – 9 October 2019
Constituency	20 – Warsaw II
Minister of Environment
In office 16 November 2015 – 9 January 2018
Prime Minister	Beata Szydło Mateusz Morawiecki
In office 31 October 2005 – 16 November 2007
Prime Minister	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Jarosław Kaczyński
In office 31 October 1997 – 19 October 1999
Prime Minister	Jerzy Buzek
Personal details
Born	Jan Feliks Szyszko (1944-04-14)14 April 1944 Stara Miłosna, Warsaw, Poland
Died	9 October 2019(2019-10-09) (aged 75)
Nationality	Polish
Political party	Law and Justice
Alma mater	Warsaw University of Life Sciences

The Rock of the Ecologists in Darłowo

He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, receiving 7,042 votes in the 20th Warsaw district, as a candidate on the Law and Justice list. He served in four consecutive parliamentary terms, having won re-election in 2007, 2011 and 2015.

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences recognized him with the 2008 Ettore Majorana Award.[1] He was an honorary citizen of Krościenko nad Dunajcem and of Wieluń.

Footnotes

1. "Były polski minister środowiska uhonorowany w Watykanie". wiadomosci.wp.pl. Grupa Wirtualna Polska. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

See also

Media related to Jan Szyszko at Wikimedia Commons

• Members of Polish Sejm 2005–2007

External links

• Jan Szyszko – parliamentary page – includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.