Beata Szydło | |
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Prime Minister of Poland | |
Assumed office 16 November 2015 |
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President | Andrzej Duda |
Deputy | Piotr Gliński Mateusz Morawiecki Jarosław Gowin |
Preceded by | Ewa Kopacz |
Member of the Sejm | |
Assumed office 25 September 2005 |
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Constituency | 12 – Chrzanów |
Personal details | |
Born | Beata Maria Kusińska 15 April 1963 Oświęcim, Poland |
Political party | Law and Justice |
Spouse(s) | Edward Szydło |
Children | Tymoteusz Błażej |
Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Website | Official website |
Beata Maria Szydło ([bɛˈata ˈmarja ˈʂɨdwɔ] ( listen); née Kusińska [kuˈɕiɲska]; 15 April 1963) is a Polish politician who has been Prime Minister of Poland since her cabinet took office on 16 November 2015. She is vice-chairman of the Law and Justice party and led two successful campaigns in the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2015. She is Poland's third female prime minister after Hanna Suchocka and Ewa Kopacz and the first to succeed another woman (Kopacz) in office.
Early life
Szydło was born in Oświęcim and raised near Brzeszcze, where her father was a miner.[1] She graduated from Jagiellonian University in Kraków in 1989.[2]
Political career
Szydło was elected mayor of Gmina Brzeszcze at the age of 35 years. In 2004, she participated in International Visitor Leadership Program.[3] In September 2005, she was elected to the Sejm receiving 14,499 votes in 12 Chrzanów district, as a candidate of the conservative Law and Justice party.[2]
At the Law and Justice party convention on 20 June 2015 Szydło was named as a candidate for the Prime Minister in the Polish parliamentary election.[4] After the Law and Justice party won the election in October 2015, Szydło became the Prime Minister of Poland taking office on 16 November 2015.[5]
Personal life
Szydło is married to Edward Szydło. The couple has two sons Tymoteusz and Błażej.[1][2]
See also
- Cabinet of Beata Szydło
- History of Poland (1989–present)
- List of political parties in Poland
- List of politicians in Poland
- Politics of Poland
- Polish parliamentary election, 2015
- Polish presidential election, 2015
References
- ^ a b Adam Easton (26 October 2015). "Beata Szydlo: Polish miner's daughter set to be PM". BBC Online. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Polish Press Agency (16 November 2015). "Beata Szydło – premier" (in Polish).
- ^ "Beata Szydło "About me" homepage". Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ^ "PiS picks Szydło as candidate for PM". Warsaw Business Journal. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (16 November 2015). "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 16 listopada 2015 r. o powołaniu Prezesa Rady Ministrów" (in Polish). Kancelaria Sejmu RP: Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych.
External links
- Official website (Polish)
- Beata Szydło's entry on the Sejm website (Polish)
- Beata Szydlo on Twitter (Polish)
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Preceded by Ewa Kopacz |
Prime Minister of Poland 2015– (hopefully) 2016 |
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