Bartosz Adam Arłukowicz (born 31 December 1971 in

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) is a Polish center-left politician and

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who has been serving as a

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since 2019. He served as a

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from 18 October 2011 to 10 June 2015 under

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and then

Ewa Kopacz Ewa Bożena Kopacz (; given name, née Lis; born 3 December 1956) is a Polish politician who has served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously was Marshal of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014, the first woman to hold th ...

and was a member of

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from 2007.

Political career

Career in national politics

From 2004 Arłukowicz was a member of

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, then parliamentary group ''Social Democracy of Poland - New Left'' from April to December 2008, then ''Left Wing'' from 2009 to 2011 and then

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(its leader claims he became a member in 2009, Arłukowicz says he finally did not fill in the declaration). From 2009 till 2010 he was a vice-chairman of special parliamentary commission meant to investigate so-called ''gambling afera''. After resigning he was installed on newly created chair Prime Minister's plenipotentiary responsible for ''encountering social exclusion''. In October 2011 Arłukowicz started his governmental career after previous minister Ewa Kopacz was chosen

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and his seat was liquidated. In 2013 he became a member of

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. In June 2015, he announced his resignation from ministerial function following the tape crisis (due to it three ministers and Marshall of the Sejm were forced to resign even though Arłukowicz was not personally involved or recorded). He was replaced by cardiac surgeon Marian Zembala.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

In parliament, Arłukowicz serves on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. From 2020 to 2021 he also chaired the Special Committee on Beating Cancer. In addition to his committee assignments, Arłukowicz is part of the parliament’s delegations for relations with the countries of Central America and to the

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.Bartosz Arłukowicz

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Bibliography

Bartosz Arłukowicz's page on Sejm website

References

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