Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański (18 October 1949 – 18 February 2022) was a Polish politician.

Biography

Podkański was born Guzówka,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. He was a

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(MEP) for the

Lublin Voivodship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province ( Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, Che ...

with the

Polish People's Party The Polish People's Party ( pl, Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) is an agrarian political party in Poland. It is currently led by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Its history traces back to 1895, when it held the name People's Party, although it ...

, part of the

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and he was sitting on the

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Committee on Culture and Education The Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) is a committee of the European Parliament. Responsibilities of the Committee This committee has focused on the well-being of all members of the human race and the increased opportunities for educat ...

. Podkański was a substitute for the

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) is a committee of the European Parliament. Responsibilities of the Committee AGRI is the European Parliament committee responsible for: #The operation and development of the Common Agricul ...

and a vice-chair of the Delegation to the EU-

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Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. He died on 18 February 2022, at the age of 72.

Education

* 1972: Master of History,

Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (MCSU) ( pl, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie, UMCS) was founded October 23, 1944 in Lublin. It is named in honour of Marie Curie-Sklodowska. Currently the number of students is almost 36,000. The ...

Career

* 1973–1975: Employee of the Society for the Dissemination of General Knowledge (1972–1973), then on the Voivodship Committee of the ZSL (United Peasant's Party) * 1975–1980: Vice-Chairman of the Voivodship Administration of the Naval Sports Group (ZSMW) and section head in youth organisations * 1980–1984: Section head on the Voivodship Committee of the ZSL * 1984–1992: Director of the central administration of the Association of Folk Craftsmen (STL) * 1992–1994: Plenipotentiary to the Minister of Culture and Art * Councillor (1984–1989) and Vice-Chairman (1988–1989) People's

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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 ...

* 1991-: Chairman of the Voivodship Administration of the Polish People's Party (PSL) in

* since 2004: Vice-Chairman PSL * 1994–1996: Under-secretary of State at the Ministry of Culture and Art * 1996–1997: Minister of Culture and Art * Member of Parliament of the Republic of Poland (1993–2004), Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary

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and Media Committee

Decorations

* Gold Cross of Merit

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