Sławomir Ryszard Nowak (born 11 December 1974 in

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

) is a Polish politician and a state official in Ukraine. He was elected to the

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...

on 25 September 2005, getting 9,061 votes in 25

district as a candidate from the

Civic Platform Civic Platform ( pl, Platforma Obywatelska, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a political party in Poland. It is currently led by Donald Tusk. It w ...

list. He was also a member of Sejm 2001-2005. Nowak served as head of the electoral staff of a candidate for

President of Poland The president of Poland ( pl, Prezydent RP), officially the president of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the head of state of Poland. Their rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Polan ...

Bronisław Komorowski Bronisław Maria Komorowski (; born 4 June 1952) is a Polish politician and historian who served as President of Poland from 2010 to 2015. Komorowski served as Minister of Defence from 2000 to 2001. As Marshal of the Sejm, Komorowski exercised ...

, during the 2010 presidential election. From 18 November 2011 to 27 November 2013 he served as Minister of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy. On 24 October 2016 he was appointed chief of Ukrainian transport agency

Ukravtodor The Ukravtodor or The State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine ( uk, Державне агентство автомобільних доріг України) is the agency within the Ministry of Infrastructur ...

and awarded

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. He was dismissed from the post of Ukravtodor's head in September 2019. On 20 July 2020 Nowak was arrested by Poland's

Central Anticorruption Bureau The Central Anticorruption Bureau (CBA, pl, Centralne Biuro Antykorupcyjne) is a division of the Polish government, reporting to the Prime Minister of Poland, responsible for addressing corruption in Poland. Located in Warsaw, the CBA has been fu ...

(after a joint investigation with the

National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine ( uk, Національне Антикорупційне Бюро України, ''НАБУ'') or NABU is a Ukrainian law enforcement anti-corruption agency which investigates corruption in Ukraine ...

) on suspicion of corruption, management of an organized criminal group, and money laundering. According to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Ukravtodor officials had "created a criminal organization whose activities were aimed at embezzling funds allocated by international organizations for road repairs in Ukraine."Ukraine's NABU unveils details of detention of Ukravtodor's ex-head (Video)

UNIAN The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...

(20 July 2020)

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Sławomir Nowak - parliamentary page
- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches. Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Members of the Polish Sejm 2001–2005 Civic Platform politicians 1974 births Living people Transport ministers of Poland Government ministers of Poland Politicians from Gdańsk Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 Ukrainian government officials Polish prisoners and detainees Gdynia Maritime University alumni {{CivicPlatform-politician-stub

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