Krzysztof Andrzej Hetman (born 27 June 1974) is a Polish politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014. Since December 2023, he has served as

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Life and career

Born in

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

, Hetman graduated from Maria Curie-Skłodowska University and soon after worked for Lublin Voivodeship as a deputy director from 2002 to 2005 and as a director of regional development from 2005 to 2007. In 2010, he was named

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of Lublin Voivodeship. Hetman first ran for political office in 2006 when he ran for Lublin city council, but did not win. He also ran in the

2011 Polish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections to both the Senate and the ''Sejm'' (lower house) were held in Poland on 9 October 2011. The previous election, in 2007, resulted in a Civic Platform–Polish People's Party government. All seats of both Houses were up ...

as a member of the Polish People's Party. In 2014, he ran in the European Parliament elections in Lublin, and finished first with 24,862 votes. In the

2023 Polish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections will be held in Poland in late 2023 to elect members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, Senate, although they can be held sooner if a snap election is called, which last occur ...

he was elected to the Sejm from

from Third Way.

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Krzysztof Hetman's European Parliament Page
1974 births Living people Politicians from Lublin Polish People's Party politicians Polish People's Party MEPs MEPs for Poland 2014–2019 MEPs for Poland 2019–2024 MEPs for Poland 2024–2029 Voivodeship marshals of Poland Lublin Voivodeship Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027 {{Poland-MEP-stub

Life and career

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