Gustaw Marek Brzezin (born July 13, 1958 in

Ostróda Ostróda (; Old Prussian: ''Austrāti'') is a town in northern Poland, in the historic region of Masuria. It is the seat of the Ostróda County within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and has approximately 33,191 inhabitants (2009). Ostróda is ...

is an

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and

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politician. He is the

Voivodeship marshal A voivodeship marshal ( pl, marszałek województwa, ) is the head of the provincial-level government for each of the sixteen voivodeships of Poland. Elected by councillors from the provincial assembly, the marshal is the head of the collective vo ...

of Warmia-Masuria.

Biography

He graduated from Agricultural and Technical Academy in Olsztyn, now the

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn was established on 1 September 1999, in accordance with the new Statute of Sejm signed by Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski, as well as Minister of Education Mirosław Handke, in August of th ...

. He completed post-graduate studies in the field of crop production in

Warsaw University of Life Sciences The Warsaw University of Life Sciences ( pl, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, lit=Main School of Rural Homestead, SGGW) is the largest agricultural university in Poland, established in 1816 in Warsaw. It employs over 2,600 staff including ...

in Warsaw and administration and management for

. In 2011, he obtained the academic degree

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of agricultural sciences on the basis of the dissertation 'Role of undersown crops in alleviating the effects of simplifying crop rotation with spring barley'. In 1984 he started to work as a teacher of vocational subjects at the Agricultural School Complex in Ostróda. In 1999 he became the chairman of the Association of Municipalities of the Ostróda-Iławski Region "Czyste Środowisko". He joined the

. In October 2016 he became the president of the regional structures of this party. In 1998 he became commune administrator of

. He maintained his position in the first direct elections in

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, obtaining 4004 votes (81.85%). He won reelection in

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and in

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, receiving 2698 votes (53.01%) and 3632 votes (60.61%) respectively. He resigned from his position in 2012 in connection with his election to the voivodship's deputy voivodeship

Warmian-Masurian Voivodship Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship or Warmia-Masuria Province or Warmia-Mazury Province (in pl, Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie, is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an are ...

, In the

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he was elected to the Warmian-Masurian regional council of the 5th term. On December 12 he was appointed a marshal in the new province board, replacing Jacek Protas in this position. In

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he retained the mandate of the provincial council for another term. On December 4, 2018, he became the voivodship marshal for the second time. ''Translated in part from the corresponding article in the

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.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brzezin, Gustaw Marek 1958 births Living people Voivodeship marshals of Poland People from Ostróda Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Polish People's Party politicians University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn alumni Polish agronomists