Robert Draba (born April 5, 1970 in

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) is a Polish

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and

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. A graduate of philosophy and sociology, and law schools of

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, he worked in Creditanstal Bank before joining public service. He served various positions before entering Presidential office: * Chief of the legal office in the ''Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie pojednanie'' (1995–1999) * Deputy of the director of the office of Veteran Affairs (1999–2002) ** Director of the legal office (2002) * Legal office director of the city of

(2002–2004) *

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of Warsaw under President Lech Kaczyński (2004–2005) After Kaczyński became the President of Poland, he joined his staff as deputy chief of office, responsible for legal matters. After

Andrzej Urbański Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and ma ...

resigned as a Chief of the Office, he became Acting Chief for the first time. He served from June 2 to August 2, 2006, until

Aleksander Szczygło Aleksander Marek Szczygło (27 October 1963 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish politician. He was first elected to Polish parliament Sejm in 2001 and subsequently reelected on 25 September 2005 with 19,006 votes in 35th electoral district (Olsztyn ...

was appointed. He is now serving this position for the second time, after Szczygło stepped down in order to become Minister of Defense. Draba is acting from February 7, 2007.

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