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Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz

Doctor, local government official and politician. Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of the 8th, 9th and 10th term. Since 2015, he has been the President of the Polish People's Party.

Born in 1981 in Krakow. A graduate of the King Jan III Sobieski High School and the Faculty of Medicine at the Jagiellonian University Medical College, he holds a doctorate in medical sciences. An employee of the Department of Internal Medicine and Rural Medicine at the Jagiellonian University Medical College.

From 2010 to 2011 he was a councillor of the City of Krakow.  He participated in the work of the Committee on Family and Social Policy, the Committee on Health, Prevention and the Committee on Property and Entrepreneurship. 

Since 2000 he has been associated with the Polish People's Party. He was also one of the co-founders of the Young People's Forum. From 2008 to 2012, he was the Secretary of the Supreme Executive Committee of the Polish People's Party.

On 18 November, he was sworn in as Minister of Labour and Social Policy. On 1 December 2012 he became the Vice-President of the Polish People's Party.

On 22 September 2014, he was re-appointed Minister of Labour and Social Policy in the government of Ewa Kopacz.

On 7 November 2015, the Supreme Council of the Polish People's Party appointed him President of the Polish People's Party.

He was also elected Chairman of the Parliamentary Club of the Polish People's Party. He was re-elected President of the Polish People's Party by the Congresses on November 19, 2016 and December 4, 2021.

From 2015 to 2023, he was the Chairman of the Parliamentary Club created by the Polish People's Party, and since 2016 he has been a Member of the National Security Council.

Since 2012  until 2021, he was the Chairman of the Main Council of the National Association of People's Sports Teams.

He is the grandson of Władysław, a soldier of the 13th Vilnius Uhlans Regiment and Peasant Battalions, and the son of Andrzej Kosiniak-Kamysz, Minister of Health in the government of Tadeusz Mazowiecki.

Wife Paulina, they have two daughters, Zofia and Róża.

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