Bartosz Adam Arłukowicz (born 30 December 1971 in
Resko
Resko (; ) is a town in Łobez County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, with 4,329 inhabitants (2010). It is located on the Rega River.
History
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) is a Polish politician and
pediatrician
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. He served as a
Minister of Health
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Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...
from 18 October 2011 to 10 June 2015 under
Donald Tusk
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and then
Ewa Kopacz and was a member of
Sejm
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The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...
from 2007.
He served as a
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
from 2019 to 2023.
Political career
Career in national politics
From 2004 Arłukowicz was a member of
Social Democracy of Poland, then parliamentary group ''Social Democracy of Poland - New Left'' from April to December 2008, then ''Left Wing'' from 2009 to 2011 and then
Labour United (its leader claims he became a member in 2009, Arłukowicz says he finally did not fill in the declaration). From 2009 till 2010 he was a vice-chairman of special parliamentary commission meant to investigate so-called ''gambling afera''. After resigning he was installed on newly created chair Prime Minister's plenipotentiary responsible for ''encountering social exclusion''.
In October 2011 Arłukowicz started his governmental career after previous minister Ewa Kopacz was chosen
Marshal of the Sejm
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and his seat was liquidated. In 2013 he became a member of
Civic Platform
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. In June 2015, he announced his resignation from ministerial function following the tape crisis (due to it three ministers and Marshall of the Sejm were forced to resign even though Arłukowicz was not personally involved or recorded). He was replaced by cardiac surgeon
Marian Zembala.
Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present
In parliament, Arłukowicz serves on the
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. From 2020 to 2021 he also chaired the Special Committee on Beating Cancer.
In addition to his committee assignments, Arłukowicz is part of the parliament's delegations for relations with the countries of Central America and to the
Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.
In 2023, he resigned from parliament and was replaced by
Witold Pahl.
Bibliography
Bartosz Arłukowicz's page on Sejm website
References
1971 births
People from Łobez County
Polish pediatricians
Physicians from Szczecin
Health ministers of Poland
Living people
21st-century Polish physicians
20th-century Polish physicians
Labour Union (Poland) politicians
Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011
Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015
MEPs for Poland 2019–2024
Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin alumni
Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027
MEPs for Poland 2024–2029
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