Barbara Elżbieta Piwnik (born 5 March 1955) is a Polish judge. She served as

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...

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from 2001 to 2002.

Career

A judge by profession, on 19 October 2001, Piwnik was appointed

in the cabinet headed by Prime Minister

Leszek Miller Leszek Cezary Miller (Polish pronunciation: ; born 3 July 1946) is a Polish politician. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since July 2019. From 1989 to 1990 was a member of the Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Pa ...

. She was an independent member of the cabinet. In July 2002, Prime Minister Miller requested her resignation. Piwnik's term ended on 6 July 2002 and she was succeeded by

Grzegorz Kurczuk Grzegorz Kurczuk (pronounced ; born 20 September 1949, in Warsaw) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 9,683 votes in 6 Lublin district as a candidate from Democratic Left Alliance The Democratic Lef ...

as Minister of Justice.

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