At a meeting in Kuźnica on regarding the building of a wall along the border between Poland and Belarus: interior minister Mariusz Kamiński (center-left midground), prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki">Mariusz Kamiński">Belarus: interior minister Mariusz Kamiński (center-left midground), prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki (center-right midground), and Wąsik (right midground) Maciej Roman Wąsik (born in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish politician who served as of the Ministry of Interior and Administration (Poland), Ministry of Interior and Administration from 2019 to 2023, under Prime Minister

Mateusz Morawiecki Mateusz Jakub Morawiecki (; born 20 June 1968) is a Polish economist, historian and politician who served as the prime minister of Poland between 2017 and 2023. A member of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, he previously served in the Cabinet of ...

. Wąsik also served as a member of the

Sejm The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...

, representing the constituency of Płock, from until , when his mandate expired due to his being sentenced to prison for an intentional crime.

Early life and education

Wąsik earned a

magister degree A magister degree (also magistar, female form: magistra; from , "teacher") is an academic degree used in various systems of higher education. The magister degree arose in medieval universities in Europe and was originally equal to the doctorate; ...

in 1994 from the faculty of history at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...

, where he studied

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

Career

Wąsik co-founded Poland's

Central Anticorruption Bureau The Central Anticorruption Bureau (CBA, ) 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 functional since 24 July 2006, havi ...

, where he served as the deputy head from 2006 to 2009, under head Mariusz Kamiński. In 2009, Wąsik and Kamiński were accused of abusing their power by allowing subordinates to use

entrapment Entrapment is a practice in which a law enforcement agent or an agent of the state induces a person to commit a crime that the person would have otherwise been unlikely or unwilling to commit.''Sloane'' (1990) 49 A Crim R 270. See also agent prov ...

when investigating a political opponent,

Andrzej Lepper Andrzej Zbigniew Lepper (; 13 June 1954 – 5 August 2011) was a Polish people, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture, and the leader of Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland. Known for his radical rhetoric and agg ...

, who later killed himself. The two were found guilty in 2015 and sentenced to three years in prison, but were

pardon A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the j ...

ed by President

Andrzej Duda Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as the sixth president of Poland since 2015. Before becoming president, he served as a Member of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014 and before becoming Member of ...

a few months later, before their appeal was decided. Legal experts questioned whether the pardon was valid if it was granted before all possible avenues of appeal were exhausted, and the Supreme Court overturned the pardon on .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wąsik, Maciej 1969 births Living people Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019 Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027 University of Warsaw alumni Recipients of Polish pardons MEPs for Poland 2024–2029