Jan Szyszko | |
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Member of the Sejm | |
Assumed office 25 September 2005 |
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Constituency | 20 – Warsaw II |
Minister of Environment | |
Assumed office November 16, 2015 |
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In office October 31, 2005 – 16 November 2007 |
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In office October 31, 1997 – October 19, 1999 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Stara Miłosna, Warsaw, Poland |
April 14, 1944
Nationality | Polish |
Political party | Law and Justice |
Jan Szyszko (born 19 April 1944 in Stara Miłosna, part of Warsaw) is a Polish forester, university teacher (professor of forestry), politician, and the current Minister of Environment in the cabinet of Beata Szydło (since 2015).
He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, receiving 7,042 votes in the 20th Warsaw district, as a candidate on the Law and Justice list. He served as Minister of the Environment in the cabinets of Jerzy Buzek, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and Jarosław Kaczyński (1997-1999 and 2005-2007). The Pontifical Academy of Sciences recognized him with the 2008 Ettore Majorana Award. He is an honorary citizen of Krościenko nad Dunajcem and of Wieluń.