Zbigniew Ziobro

Zbigniew Tadeusz Ziobro Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛv ˈʑɔbrɔ] (listen); born August 18, 1970) is a Polish politician. He is the current Minister of Justice of the Republic of Poland, as of January 2019, serving in the Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki. He previously served in the same role from October 2005 to November 2007, simultaneously serving as Public Prosecutor General. He was elected to the Sejm on September 25, 2005 in the 13th Kraków district, running on the Law and Justice list. He received over 120,000 votes in the parliamentary election, the highest percentage constituency result on a nationwide scale.

Zbigniew Ziobro
Ziobro in 2019
Minister of Justice
Assumed office
16 November 2015
PresidentAndrzej Duda
Prime MinisterBeata Szydło
Mateusz Morawiecki
Preceded byBorys Budka
Minister of Justice
Public Prosecutor General
In office
31 October 2005 – 16 November 2007
PresidentAleksander Kwaśniewski
Lech Kaczyński
Prime MinisterKazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Jarosław Kaczyński
Preceded byAndrzej Kalwas
Succeeded byZbigniew Ćwiąkalski
Member of the European Parliament
for Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie
In office
July 19, 2009 – July 1, 2014
Personal details
Born
Zbigniew Tadeusz Ziobro

(1970-08-18) August 18, 1970
Kraków, Poland
Political partyLaw and Justice (2001–2011)
United Poland (2012–present)
Spouse(s)Patrycja Kotecka
Children2
Alma materJagiellonian University
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Ziobro graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of Jagiellonian University. He did not complete his PhD.[1] He was a member of the Sejm from 2001 to 2005.

Due to his proclaimed "battle against corruption", he became one of the more popular, but also polarizing, politicians in Poland. His uncompromising approach and publicized prosecutions earned him the title Man of the year 2006, awarded by Wprost magazine. However, some of his policies were repeatedly characterized as partisan and overzealous by local and international press, including The Economist.[2][3]

In 2007, former Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Janusz Kaczmarek, allegedly linked to the Andrzej Lepper bribery case, was forced to resign. He subsequently made a series of attack on members of the government, especially Ziobro.[4] In a media confrontation with vice-PM Andrzej Lepper, Ziobro revealed that he had secretly recorded a conversation with Lepper.[5]

In the elections to the European Parliament in 2009, he was elected in the Kraków constituency as an MEP. He received 335 933 votes, representing the second highest score in the country.[6]

Since November 16, 2015, Ziobro has been the Justice Minister of Poland in the cabinet of Beata Szydło. In February 2016 he became Prosecutor General as well, which is result of new law unifying both positions.[7]

On August 20, 2019, Ziobro's deputy Łukasz Piebiak resigned following allegations of "arranging and controlling" an online and offline smear campaign against judges critical of the government's efforts to put more political control over the judiciary. In private correspondence revealed by Onet.pl Piebiak claimed to be reporting his actions to an unnamed "boss".[8][9][10]

See also

References
  1. Zbigniew Ziobro. Determinator z wytycznymi. Krzysztof Burnetko. Ludzie Roku 2007. Polityka. 27 grudnia 2006.
  2. Bad habits, The Economist, September 27, 2007
  3. Squeaky if not clean, The Economist, September 6, 2007
  4. Gazeta.pl: Szokujące przecieki z przesłuchania Kaczmarka August 22, 2007
  5. Gazeta.pl: Lepper: To Ziobro rządził dyktafonem, nie odwrotnie August 13, 2007
  6. Wyniki wyborów / Lista wybranych posłów
  7. PTWP. "Połączenie stanowisk ministra sprawiedliwości i prokuratora generalnego przegłosowano". www.parlamentarny.pl (in Polish). Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  8. Wanat, Zosia (August 20, 2019). "Senior Polish official quits in the wake of internet trolling allegations". POLITICO Europe. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  9. Shotter, James (August 20, 2019). "Polish minister resigns over alleged judges smear campaign". Financial Times. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  10. "Polish deputy minister targeted judges in hate campaign". EUobserver. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
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