This appointment marks the beginning of a new and challenging period for me in my service to Poland. I feel honoured and even more motivated on a personal level. I am aware of the responsibility that the Prime Minister has entrusted to me. I can promise that I will do my best to fulfil the expectations of my mission in government.

- Minister Waldemar Buda said.

Waldemar Buda served as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy from 15 November 2019. In the ministry he was responsible, among other things, for negotiations with the European Commission on the National Recovery Plan.

He previously served as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Investment and Development from 4 June 2019. As of 23 July 2019, he also served as the government's plenipotentiary for public-private partnerships.

Curriculum vitae of the Minister of Economic Development and Technology Waldemar Buda

Waldemar Buda is 39 years old and was born on 21 September 1982 in Turek.

In 2006 he graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Łódź. Between 2007 and 2011 he served his legal advisor apprenticeship. In 2011 he qualified as a legal advisor and opened a legal advisor's office. In 2011 he worked as a legal advisor at the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture, the paying agency for the European Agricultural Fund.

In 2014, he obtained a mandate as a city councilor in the City of Łódź. In 2015, he was active in the legal aid office of Polish presidential candidate Andrzej Duda. In the 2015 parliamentary elections, he won a parliamentary seat on the Law and Justice list in Łódż. He became a member of the Law and Justice Parliamentary Club and sat on the Justice and Human Rights Committee, the Legislative Committee and the Extraordinary Committee for Changes to the Codifications, where he served as Vice-Chairman.

He has dealt with issues relating to tenants' rights and the protection of cooperatives' rights, including helping more than 2,000 people through the free legal advice provided by his MP's office.

Waldemar Buda also co-wrote the law on bailiffs and participated in the work on amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure. He has served as Secretary of the Sejm since 2018.

In the 2019 parliamentary elections, he again won a parliamentary seat in the Łódź constituency on the PiS list, receiving over 50,000 votes (which was the best individual result in the constituency).

Waldemar Buda is married with two children, his passion is running - he organises the Charity Running Pilgrimage to Częstochowa every year.