Elżbieta Witek

Elżbieta Barbara Witek (née Zbanuch; born December 17, 1957 in Jawor) is a Polish politician and former Minister of the Interior and Administration, in office from June 2019 to August 2019,[1] currently serving as the Marshal of the Sejm (Polish: Marszałek Sejmu). First elected to the Sejm on September 25, 2005, obtaining 7476 votes in 1 Legnica district as a candidate on the Law and Justice list, she was voted Marshal on August 9, 2019, after her predecessor, Marek Kuchciński, stepped down upon the mass critique of his use of government airplanes for private purposes.

Elżbieta Witek
Marshal of the Sejm
Assumed office
9 August 2019
PresidentAndrzej Duda
Prime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki
DeputyMałgorzata Gosiewska (PiS)
Ryszard Terlecki (PiS)
Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska (KO)
Stanisław Tyszka (Kukiz'15)
Barbara Dolniak (.N)
Włodzimierz Czarzasty (SLD)
Piotr Zgorzelski (PSL)
SeniorKornel Morawiecki (WiS)
Antoni Macierewicz (PiS)
Preceded byMarek Kuchciński
Minister of the Interior and Administration
In office
4 June 2019  9 August 2019
PresidentAndrzej Duda
Prime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki
Preceded byJoachim Brudziński
Succeeded byMariusz Kamiński
Member of the Sejm
Assumed office
25 September 2005
Constituency1 – Legnica
Personal details
Born (1957-12-17) December 17, 1957
Jawor, Poland
NationalityPolish
Political partyLaw and Justice
Alma materUniversity of Wrocław

See also

  • Members of Polish Sejm 2005–2007

References

  1. Nicałek, Wiktoria (August 9, 2019). "Prezydent odwołał Elżbietę Witek z urzędu szefa MSWiA". PAP.pl (in Polish). Polska Agencja Prasowa.
Political offices
Preceded by
Joachim Brudziński
Minister of the Interior and Administration
2019
Succeeded by
Mariusz Kamiński
Preceded by
Marek Kuchciński
Marshal of the Sejm
2019–present
Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Andrzej Duda
as President
Order of precedence of Poland
as Marshal of the Sejm
Succeeded by
Tomasz Grodzki
as Marshal of the Senate


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