Krzysztof Józef Tchórzewski (born 19 May 1950) is a Polish engineer and politician. He serves as the
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in the
cabinet of
Beata Szydło (since 1 December 2015). Prior to this, Tchórzewski was a
minister without portfolio
A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet w ...
.
Life and career
Tchórzewski was born
Rzążew
Rzążew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zbuczyn, within Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zbuczyn
Zbuczyn is a village in Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodes ...
. In the 1980s, he was part of the
anti-communist
Anti-communism is Political movement, political and Ideology, ideological opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in the Russian Empire, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, w ...
opposition. He was the chairman of the
Siedlce branch of the
Solidarity
''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...
from 1981. From 1990 to 1992 he was the provincial governor of the
Siedlce Voivodeship. He held various significant positions in the public and private sectors, including as Deputy Transport Minister (1997-2001), Deputy Economy Minister (2005), and
PKP Energetyka Economic Director (2002).
He was elected to the
Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 8516 votes in 18
Siedlce district, as a candidate on the
Law and Justice
Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński.
It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct su ...
list. He was also a member of
Sejm 1991–1993 and
Sejm 1997–2001. In 1974 he graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the
Warsaw University of Technology.
Personal life
Tchórzewski has four children with his wife Teresa, including Karol, a councilman of the Mazovian Regional Council. Karol also ran as the PiS candidate for the President of Siedlec in 2018.
Honours
Tchórzewski has been awarded the Silver
Cross of Merit (1987), the
Knight's Cross of the
Order of Polonia Restituta (2001), and the
Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2005).
Footnotes
See also
*
Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2007
Member may refer to:
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External links
Krzysztof Tchórzewski - parliamentary page- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
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1950 births
Living people
People from Siedlce County
Law and Justice politicians
Members of the Polish Sejm 1991–1993
Members of the Polish Sejm 1997–2001
Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007
Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011
Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015
Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019
Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023
Warsaw University of Technology alumni
Government ministers of Poland
Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Recipients of the Silver Cross of Merit (Poland)
Centre Agreement politicians
Polish electrical engineers
Solidarity (Polish trade union) activists
Solidarity Electoral Action politicians