Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz (born 29 July 1961) is a

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politician who served as the

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from 25 February 2013 to 22 September 2014.

Early life and education

Sienkiewicz was born on 29 July 1961. He is the great-grandson of Nobel Prize–winning author Henryk Sienkiewicz. Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz is a graduate of Jagiellonian University.

Career

Sienkiewicz participated in Cracow’s opposition movement in the early 1980s. In 1990, he co-established the Office for State Protection and the Centre for Eastern Studies, a think-tank organization. He served as the deputy director of the center for eight years, specifically from 1991 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2001. In the early 2000s, he left the state administration and began to work in private sector, founding a firm on the investment risk and analysis of the competitive environment (ASBS Othago, then "Sienkiewicz and Partners"). On 25 February 2013, Sienkiewicz was appointed by

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as interior minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister

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. Sienkiewicz replaced

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as the new President of the European Council and did not enter the new cabinet headed by

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Personal life

Sienkiewicz is married and has four children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sienkiewicz, Bartlomiej 20th-century Polish businesspeople 1961 births Polish corporate directors Jagiellonian University alumni Interior ministers of Poland Living people Politicians from Kielce Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 21st-century Polish businesspeople