Łukasz Paweł Schreiber (born 26 May 1987 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish politician and former chess champion affiliated with the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party. The son of Grzegorz Schreiber, he has been a member of the

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from Bydgoszcz since 2015. Schreiber has served as a minister without portfolio in the second Morawiecki government since 2019.

Curriculum vitae

In 1997, he won the title of Polish junior champion in the category of up to 10 years in

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, he was also a representative of Poland at the world and European junior championships in the same age category. A graduate of the Secondary School of the Salesian Society in Bydgoszcz. In 2009, he graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń or NCU ( pl, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, UMK) is located in Toruń, Poland. It is named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born in Toruń in 1473.Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz ( pl, Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy; UKW), also known as the Casimir the Great University, is a state-funded university in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It was named after Casimir III the Great ('' ...

. From 2004 he was active in the Young Conservatives association, he became the secretary general and chairman of the national council of this organization. He also joined the Law and Justice party, taking the position of chairman of the party's municipal structures in 2012. He was an assistant to Kosma Złotowski. He also started running his own business. He became a co-owner of an antiquities shop. In 2014, he obtained the mandate of a city councilor in Bydgoszcz. In the parliamentary elections in 2015, he ran for the Sejm in the Bydgoszcz district on behalf of PiS. He was elected lawmaker in the 8th term of office, receiving 7291 votes. In November 2018, he was appointed the secretary of state in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. In the

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, he successfully ran for parliamentary re-election, receiving 30,053 votes. On 15 November 2019 he was appointed a minister-member of the Council of Ministers in the second government of

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. On 21 November 2019 he was appointed chairman of the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers, he also took over the duties of the secretary of the

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Private life

He is the son of Grzegorz Schreiber, a Law and Justice politician. He married Marianna, they have a daughter, Patrycja. His younger brother Kamil (also a chess player) became the director of the

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branch in Bydgoszcz.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schreiber, Lukasz Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz alumni Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń alumni Law and Justice politicians Polish chess players 1987 births Living people Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019 Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027 21st-century Polish politicians