Łukasz Jan Szumowski (born 3 June 1972) is a Polish

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who served as

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from 2018 to 2020. He is also a member of the IX Sejm, representing the Płock (Nr. 16) constituency, elected from the lists of

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 s ...

Biography

Born 3 June 1972 in Warsaw. In 1997 he finished studies at the

Medical University of Warsaw The Medical University of Warsaw ( Polish name: '' Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny'', Latin name: ''Universitas Medica Varsoviensis'') is one of the oldest and the largest medical school in Poland. The first academic department of medicine was crea ...

, and later worked at the Institute of Cardiology in Warsaw's Anin

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, where he received a

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in 2002.

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26 January 2010. On 2 June 2016 he received the title of

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. On 24 November 2016 he became an undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, directed at the time by

Jarosław Gowin Jarosław Adam Gowin (born 4 December 1961) is a Polish conservative politician and editor. Gowin served as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk between 2011 and 2013, and as Minister of Science and Higher Education i ...

. He was responsible inter alia for the creation of the Institute of Medical Biotechnology. On 9 January 2018 he was appointed Minister of Health by

Andrzej Duda Andrzej Sebastian Duda (; born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as president of Poland since 6 August 2015. Before becoming president, Andrzej Duda was a member of Polish Lower House (Sejm) from 2011 to 2014 and th ...

, at the recommendation of

Mateusz Morawiecki Mateusz Jakub Morawiecki (; born 20 June 1968) is a Polish economist, historian and politician who has served as prime minister of Poland since 2017. A member of Law and Justice (PiS), he previously served in the cabinet of prime minister Beata ...

. He replaced

Konstanty Radziwiłł Konstanty Mikołaj Melchior Maria Radziwiłł (; born 9 January 1958) is a Polish politician, physician, and the voivode of the Masovian Voivodeship. He was Poland's Minister of Health from 16 November 2015 to 9 January 2018. He is a former member ...

. In the

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, he won election to the Sejm. Szumowski was Minister of Health during the

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. On August 18, 2020, he resigned from the position. He is the author of many medical publications, and is the editor in chief of "Heartbeat Journal".

Personal life

Married to Anna, he has 4 children. After his studies Łukasz Szumowski with his wife worked for a month in Mother Teresa's

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. He is a

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and member of the

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References

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